Bryant, Samuel George

Date of Birth1882-10-02
Date of Death1920-01-03
Age37
GenderMale
Birth PlaceUnited Kingdom, Harlow, Essex

Service Details

ServiceRN - Royal Navy
Date of Entry1900-10-02
RankAble Seaman
RateOther
Official Number197445
Discharged Date1912-12-06
Discharge TypeEE - Engagement Expired
Discharge NotesEE Discharged at Sydney
Service Period1900-1912
Active Service (War service)WW1
Service RecordYes
ShipEncounter HMS (1905-1912) Later HMAS (1912-1923)
Service 2Army WW1
RateOther
Official Number1878
Service RecordYes

Cemetery Details

Cemetery NameWauchope Cemetery Oxley Highway Wauchope NSW 2446
Cemetery AddressWauchope, NSW
Grave TypeUnmarked

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Notes

Bryant was the coxswain of the steam launch towing the pinnace of HMS Encounter when 15 sailors were drowned in 1909 in Woolloomooloo Bay. He was charged with manslaughter and acquitted. See also Balcombe;Barrett; Bristow; Cunningham; Donn; Evans; Girling; Gregory; Hill; Hornsby; Humberstone; Marsh; Outten; Searle; Strelitz. Service record notes that he missed his booked steamer for return passage to England and had to work his passage home in another. AIF Service Record state death at Wauchope.

    Sources

    ADM 188/341/197445 UK Archives

    Contributors

    Researched by: Andrew Watters/Mark Fleming