Gilbert Andrew Kerr-Macbryde (1894 - 1918)

Ancestors

Biography

Gilbert Andrew Kerr Macbryde was born in 1894. He is the son of Peter Kerr Macbryde and Elizabeth Mew. ^[1]

Gilbert enlisted on 27 January 1917, and served with the Australian Army, during World War I. He served with the 57th Battalion, 14th Machine Gun Company. Sadly Gilbert died from wounds on 17 August 1918 at France.

World War I Service ^[2]

Gilbert Andrew MACBRYDE

Regimental number 721

Place of birth Liverpool England

Religion Roman Catholic

Occupation Steward

Address 22 Glendon Road, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales

Marital status Single

Age at embarkation 22

Next of kin Mother, Mrs Elizabeth MacBryde, 4 Chetwynd Street, Aigburth, Liverpool, England

Enlistment date 27 January 1917

Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name 14th Machine Gun Company, Reinforcement 13

AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/19/4

Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917

Rank from Nominal Roll Private

Unit from Nominal Roll 57th Battalion

Fate Died of wounds 17 August 1918

Place of burial Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 8), France

Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 164

Sources

1. ↑ Free BMD England & Wales BMD Registration Index 1837-2007 Macbryde Gilbert Andrew K born September q. 1894 at Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England (Vol. 8b Page 155)
2. ↑ UNSW Canberra AIF Project

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 174 North Hill Street Toxteth Park Liverpool, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England

Austin MacBryde Head Married Male Engineer Pensioner 62 1849 Lancashire Newton Le Willows Transcription Elizabeth MacBryde Wife Married Female - 54 1857 London Bermondsey Transcription Archibald MacBryde Son Married Male Steward 23 1888 Lancashire Liverpool Transcription Elizabeth MacBryde Daughter Single Female - 19 1892 Lancashire Liverpool Transcription Gilbert MacBryde Son Single Male Clerk 16 1895 Lancashire Liverpool Transcription Walter MacBryde Son Single Male Clerk 15 1896 Lancashire Liverpool Transcription Catherine Netherton Boarder Widow Female Old Age Pensioner 73 1838 Cornwall Lostwihel

• Birth Free BMD England & Wales BMD Registration Index 1837-2007 Macbryde Gilbert Andrew K born September q. 1894 at Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England (Vol. 8b Page 155)

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9KK-8DV : 8 April 2016), Gilbert Macbryde in household of Austin Macbryde, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Toxteth Park subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWTM-KXP : 2 August 2017), Gilbert Macbryde in household of Austin Macbryde, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• World War I ServiceNational Archives Australia - Name Search MacBryde Gilbert Andrew : SERN 721 : POB Liverpool England : POE Sydney NSW : NOK M MacBryde Elizabeth

• World War I Record NAA: B2455, MACBRYDE G A

• Australia Remembers Gilbert Andrew Macbryde

• Burial Commonwealth War Graves Commission Private MacBRYDE, GILBERT ANDREW, Service Number 721, Died 17/08/1918, 57th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. buried Buried at DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION; Location: Somme, France, Cemetery/memorial reference: IV. C. 8.

Name G. A. MAC BRYDE Death Aug 17 1918 Burial Daours, Somme, France Burial place note Cimetière militaire Conflict 1914-1918 Rank and regiment Private -[Unités étrangères]- Unités australiennes Company Australian Infantry Comments Aucune donnée complémentaire Reference # 3876419

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Gilbert Andrew MACBRYDE

Regimental number 721 Place of birth Liverpool England Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Steward Address 22 Glendon Road, Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Marital status Single Age at embarkation 22 Next of kin Mother, Mrs Elizabeth MacBryde, 4 Chetwynd Street, Aigburth, Liverpool, England Enlistment date 27 January 1917 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 14th Machine Gun Company, Reinforcement 13 AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/19/4 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 57th Battalion Fate Died of wounds 17 August 1918 Place of burial Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 8), France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 164

• Service number 721

Death Date 17 August 1918 Death Place France Final Rank Private Service Australian Imperial Force Units

Australian Imperial Force 57th Australian Infantry Battalion

Place France Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741-1906

NAME: Gilbertus Andreas Kerr Macbryde AGE: 0 BIRTH DATE: 11/06/1894 BAPTISM DATE: 25/06/1894 BAPTISM PLACE: Maria de Monte Carmeli (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) Lancashire England FATHER: Augustini Macbryde MOTHER: Elisabetha Mew HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS NAME Elisabetha Mew Augustini Macbryde Gilbertus Andreas Kerr Macbryde

MACBRYDE—August 16, wounds received BERT, Aus. Imp. Force. —Not one brief ji?" poteen by bis loving Brother Charlie and Claremont-road

August 28, 1918 - Liverpool Echo - Liverpool, Lancashire, England