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Joseph Hutcheson BRYSON

Regimental number4739
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationHome missionary
AddressC/o Mrs Wilson, Wilston, Gin Gin, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, T Bryson, Dover Street, Wilston, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date18 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


'(Near Le Barque, 24-26 February 1917) Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while on guard duty at dump.'
Recommendation date: 10 March 1917

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAt the time of his death he held the rank of Lieutenant. Died at No 2 Casualty Clearing Station.
FateDied of wounds 2 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 48), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth Robertson BRYSON. Native of Glasgow, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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