Cyril Bryant
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Cyril Egerton Bryant was a motor trimmer, working in the Ballarat area before World War One.[1] He married Ruby Fricke.
History
During World War One Cyril Bryant retained the rank of Private. He wrote the following to his mother on Christmas Day 1914:
- We have plenty of hard work to do, we go out and come back at two, and then we have the rest of the day to ourselves, that is, if we don not have to go on guard. It is very trying marching over the sand.
- Just Fancy Mother, it is Christmas Day that I am writing this letter in Egypt, little did we know tha ti would be so far away from you this Xmas. We had a telegram from the people of Ballarat today, wichsing us a merry Xmas. We get plenty of trench digging there ... they think there mat be trouble with the Turks and the only way they can come is across the desert. I think we will be herer for some time and then to France. [2]
Legacy
World War One service recognised on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.
See also
Notes
- Mrs Bryant, of 40 Peel street North, Ballarat East, has been notified by the Defence Department that her son. Private Cyril Bryant has been wounded, and is now in hospital at Malta. Private Bryant, who enlisted in Ballarat, left with the first-contingent, and was attached to the 8th Battalion.[3]
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--Beth Kicinski 11:18, 26 July 2012 (EST); --Clare K.Gervasoni 18:59, 3 October 2015 (AEST)