| Accession Number | P04456.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1914 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 527 Private James Brown (Jim) Bryant (later Company Quartermaster-Sergeant ...
Description
Studio portrait of 527 Private James Brown (Jim) Bryant (later Company Quartermaster-Sergeant (CQMS)), 8th Battalion (later 60th Battalion). A farmer of Glenorchy, Vic, he enlisted on 18 August 1914. He sailed from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla with E Company, 8th Battalion, on 19 October 1914. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on 10 October 1919 for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty'. With the outbreak of the Second World War, he re-enlisted on 8 May 1941 and was assigned the service number VX55299 and the rank of Lieutenant. On 8 September 1945 he was recovered from Changi Prisoner of War (POW) Camp after surviving three years as a prisoner of the Japanese. He returned to Australia from Singapore aboard the Hospital Ship Manunda and was discharged on 21 September 1945. Bryant was one of the few veterans to make a private pilgrimage back to the Gallipoli Peninsula in his later years. His camera took at least one iconic image in 1915 (A03869) and he appears by chance in another (A02025).