John Beresford Bryson was killed in action on this day in 1916.
John was from New South Wales, Australia, the son of James and Emily Bryson, of Huskisson.
A mechanical dentist before the war, he enlisted on 15 August 1915 and he embarked from Australia on 2 November 1915. He was promoted to Corporal on 8 May 1916 and disembarked in Marseilles on 26 June.
John was killed at Fleurbaix on 19 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He was aged 25 at the time of his death.
He is buried at Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix.
Corporal John Beresford Bryson, 53 Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
19 July 1916
Source : IWM Collections and Faces of the First World War, Virtual War Memorial Australia.