William John Braybrook (SN 18782) born in Ballarat, was a 24 year old butcher when he enlisted in Ballarat on March 22nd 1917. He embarked aboard the Themistocles on August 4th and sailed to Scotland. In March 1918 he reached France to serve with the 3rd Division Signal Company. He served out the war without major incident and returned to Australia aboard the Takada, disembarked on September 7th 1919 and was discharged on October 7th. He also enlisted to serve during World War 2 with service number V81114.

His brothers Clarence and Lawrence also served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue.