Brierley, Alan Nunan

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B.A., B.Ec. : Lieutenant, 13th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Holding commission with A.M.F., enlisted in October, 1914, and sailing as lieutenant in April, 1915, with reinforcements, joined Battn. at Anzac 14th June. Wounded at Hill 60, Gallipoli, 27th August and evacuated to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, returning to Australia as adjutant on Themistocles in May, 1916. After three months in Randwick Hospital was appointed to Liverpool Camp and thence to 24th Reinforcements, rejoining battn. in June, 1917, and serving at Messines, Polygon Wood, Hebuterne, Villers-Bretonneux and elsewhere. Appointed Education Officer in October, 1918, and transferred to Pay Corps in December, remaining with it till demobilisation. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College.

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1889

Birth in Petersham -- NSW, Australia 8 September 1889
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1910

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1910
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Enlisted 1 Oct 1914
1915

Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France 1915
1919

Returned to Australia 28 Mar 1919 at Australia [ Australia ]
1920

Married 1920 at Manly [ NSW Australia ]
1936

Chartered Acountant at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1936
1936

Lived at 1936 at 18 The Crescent : Manly [ NSW Australia ]
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Liquidator at Sydney -27 Hunter Street- NSW, Australia
1936

Death in Manly -- NSW, Australia 5 May 1936

Gender

Male

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