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BRYER, Roy James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | QX37681, Q137259 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1942, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland , 26 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter/Cane and Timber cutter |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted Private, QX37681, Bundaberg, Queensland | |
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| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 26 May 1942: | Involvement Q137259, also QX37681 | |
| 26 May 1942: | Involvement Trooper, QX37681, also Q137259 | |
| 25 Jun 1946: | Discharged Trooper, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 25 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
Personal Stories
Memories of the war
On ANZAC day 2018 Dad is one of the last survivors of the Pacific campaign from 2/4th Armoured Regiment Bougainville Solomon Islands. Landing with the Matilda tanks was at Torokina.
Dad said when they landed he had a knot in his stomach which never left him until he left. He said that had the War not ended it was only a matter of time before he too was killed and that upon the Surrender the Japanese actually came out of the jungle behind the lines of what the Australians had believed had been under their control.
Submitted 25 April 2018 by Alison Kollenberg
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