Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Brain Gilbert John

Born 23^rd July 1874 Richmond Tasmania to William and Letitia Brain (nee Lamb) a pastoralist who embarked Melbourne 26^th October 1916 on board “HMAT Ulysses” with the 12 Machine Gun Company.

He was killed 9^th August 1917 at Messines when he was lifting a box of ammunition from the parapet of the trench to place it in the gun pit when a shell burst and he was struck in the chest and died instantly.

He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

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