Timothy Brianey (SN 1794) was a 41 year old dealer from Richmond in Melbourne when he enlisted in Ballarat on May 10th 1916. He trained with the 14th Depot Battalion before transferring to the 39th Battalion. On August 16th he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Orontes, and by November he had reached the battlefields of France. He was wounded in action on June 7th 1917, sustaining shell wounds to his face and right buttock. He was evacuated to the Eastbourne Military Hospital in England where it was decided he should be returned to Australia. In October, he sailed from England on the Port Lyttleton, disembarking at Melbourne on December 15th 1917. He died in September 1948 at the age of 67.