William Robert Brazenor (Lt. Col.) born at Ballarat and educated at Pleasant Street State School, was a married 27 year old accountant when he joined the AIF at the rank of captain on March 29th 1915. He embarked aboard the Euripides on May 10th and in September he reached Gallipoli to serve with the 23rd Infantry Battalion. After Gallipoli his unit moved to France where he was Mentioned in Dispatches for ‘distinguished and gallant conduct at Pozieres’. In 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Bar ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. he led his battalion successfully, and supervised, under constant machine gun and rifle fire, the consolidation of the captured ground. Next day he led a patrol into "No Man's Land" and made a reconnaissance, with the result that the line was pushed forward another 200 yards. Throughout the operation he did fine work.' Towards the end of the war he was troubled by bronchitis and returned to Australia aboard the Kildonian Castle, disembarked at Melbourne on May 7th 1919 and his commission was terminated on July 15th. He served again in WW2.