Regimental number | 6287 |
Place of birth | Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Rosebank, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs I M Bryen, Rosebank, via Lismore, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Lismore, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 19th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/36/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 37th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 30 October 1916 - 19th Bn, 18th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 37th Bn, 23 September 1917. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium |
Age at death | 27.6 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row D, Grave No. 7), Paschendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 128 |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 11 November 1916; disembarked Capetown, South Africa, 14 December 1916, and admitted to hospital (measles). Re-embarked Capetown, 23 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 25 April 1917, and marched into 10th Training Bn, Durrington, 26 April 1917. Admitted to Parkhouse Military Hospital, 25 June 1917 (mumps); discharged to duty, 14 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 September 1917; joined 37th Bn, in the field, 23 September 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917. Note on Red Cross file: 'Place of burial, 3/4 of a mile N. of Zonnebeke Village (Map reading D.15d.O.O. Cert. by Div. Burials Officer, 3rd Aust. Div., 12.11.17.' Statement, 2237 Lance Corporal C. SINCLAIR, C Company, 37th Bn (patient, 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill SE), 10 January 1918: 'I saw Bryen's dead body soon after he was killed on Oct. 4th 1917. He was badly blown about by a shell when we were half way across between Ypres and Passchendaele, and was buried where he fell.' Second statement, 3119 Pte J.L. PAYNE, B Company, 37th Bn (patient, 4th London General Hospital), 15 May 1918: 'He was killed during our attack near Passchendaele on October 4th, hit on the side of the head with piece of shell shortly after we went over in the early morning. I was alongside him. He was killed outright. The ground was held for about a week and I expect during that time his body would be found and buried.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRYEN Frederick Edward
Red Cross File No 0600806K |