BRAY  W.

Given Names:  William Montgomery

               

Service Number:  6613

Unit:  6th Battalion, 21st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  126514

 

Age:  26 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Florence May Bray

65 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Suevic A29                                      

Embarked:  21/4/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  Australian Army Medical Corps                                                                                             

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  12/7/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  65838

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1888

Place:  Bendigo / Sandhurst, Victoria        

Father:  William Henry BRAY                   

Mother:  Emma MAGEE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1911     

Place:             

Spouse: Florence May WRAGGE

 

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally enlisted No. 4144 on 3/8/1915 but discharged as deserter

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary