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Edwin Mayhew BRISSENDEN

Regimental number14
Place of birthGooyar Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBarrister
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Amy Brissenden, c/o E.M. Mitchell, Wentworth Court, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name3rd Divisional Cyclist Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 27 May 1919
Medals

OBE (Military)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919

Other detailsWar service: Western Front Medals: Order of the British Empire (Military), British War Medal, Victory Medal

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