BRAMICH, Alden Bernard
| Service Number: | 3177 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Town, Tasmania, 21 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3177, 15th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3177, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3177, 47th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3177 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alden Bernard BRAMICH was born in New Town, Tasmania on 21st May, 1891
His parents were Bernard Harrison BRAMICH & Alice BALLANTYNE who married in Tasmania in 14th November, 1888
He married Myra RAMSKILL on 26th July, 1915 & had one daughter May born 28th April, 1916
Alden enlisted as a Private in Claremont, Tasmania on 4th August, 1915 and embarked with the 15th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements on the HMAT Port Lincoln from Melbourne on 16th October 1915 -
He was transferred to the 47th Infantry Battalion on 5th February, 1916 & promoted to Lance Corporal on 8th January, 1917 & to Corporal on 21st March, 1917
He was Killed in Action at Passchendaele on 12th October, 1917 - no known grave - His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
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Siblings who also served in WW1
1. Tyson Kenneth BRAMICH (SN 2722) killed in action on 19th August, 1917
2. Carol Athelstone BRAMICH (SN 5987) returned to Australia 1917
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