Private: 5050A Edward Basil Claude MACRYANNIS.

17th - 33rd BATTALION AIF

Private: 5050A Edward Basil Claude MACRYANNIS.

Born: 1899. Stuart Town via Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:8288/1899.

Died: 5th June 1917. Killed in Action Belgium.

Father: Nicholas Macryannis. (1868-1903)

Mother: Fanny Christina Alice Macryannis. nee: Waterbury. (1881-1925)

INFORMATIONEdward Basil Claude Macryannis enlisted with the 17th Battalion AIF on the 25th September 1915 and left Sydney on board the "Kyarra" on the 3rd June 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, England on the 3rd of August. Edward was marched in the camp and was transferred to the 33rd Battalion on the 30th of September before proceeding overseas for France via Southampton on the 21st of November 1916. Edward was Killed in Action at Messines in Belgium on the 5th June 1917 and was buried in the vicinity of "Dead Horse Corner". Edward is remembered with honour and is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France.

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France

Family InformationEdward was a single 21 year old Student from Bexley, N.S.W. upon enlistment. His parents Nicholas and Fanny Macryannis were married in 1898 at Wellington, N.S.W. Marriage Cert:6600/1898 and had at least 3 children. Edward Basil Claude Macryannis born 1899 at Wellington, N.S.W. Birth Cert:8288/1899 and died in 1917 during World War 1 in Belgium. Nicholas John W Macryannis born 1901 at Hill End, N.S.W. Birth Cert:22715/1901 and died in 1961 at Hurstville, N.S.W. Death Cert:22556/1961. Stella A M Macryannis born 1903 at Tambaroora, N.S.W. Birth Cert:30661/1903.

Cousin: Private: 5051 John Joseph MACRYANNIS. 33rd Battalion AIF.