Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Colne, Lancashire, England |
School | Technical School, Colne, Lancashire, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 17 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Station overseer |
Address | Battery Street, Randwick, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Brunton, Battery Street, Randwick, New South Wales |
Previous military service | None stated |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Hamel, France |
Age at death | 28.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row F, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 16 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Albert and Elizabeth BRUNTON; husband of Mary Alma BRUNTON, Murtaburn, Walgett, New South Wales. Born at Nelson, Lancashire, England |
Medals |
Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He succeeded, with another officer, in entinguishing a serious fire which had broken out on an ammunition train near a battery position. The work was carried out at considerable risk from exploding ammunition, and he set a fine example of coolness and devotion to duty.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Taken on strength of 7th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli Peninsula, 2 October 1915. Promoted Lieutenant, 9 November 1915. Taken on strength of 2nd Light Horse Reserve Regiment, Maadi, Egypt, 1 March 1916. Taken on strength of 10th Field Artillery Bde, Tel el Kebir, 26 March 1916, and posted to 38th Battery. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 12 June 1916. Detached to 39th Battery, 3 September 1916; rejoined 38th Battery, 20 September 1916. Sick to hospital while on leave in England, 14 October 1916; admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 15 October 1916 (venereal disease); discharged, 26 November 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 43 days. Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 14 January 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 3 February 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Le Havre, 4 February 1917. Taken on strength of 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 18 February 1917. Deatched to 4th Divisional Trench Mortar Officer, 3 March 1917; rejoined 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 21 April 1917. Transferred to 10th Field Artillery Bde, 25 April 1917, and taken on strength of 38th Battery the same day. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, 21 June 1917. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 10th Field Artillery Bde, 29 July 1917. Wounded in action, 20 September 1917; admitted to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 September 1917 (gassed, mustard); transferred to No 6 Ambulance Train, 21 September 1917; to No 6 British Red Cross Hospital (Liverpool Merchants' Hospital), 21 September 1917; to England, 26 September 1917; to No 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 26 September 1917; to No 5 Auxiliary Hospital, 24 October 1917; to No 6 Auxiliary Hospital, 8 November 1917; to Cobham Hall, 15 November 1917; discharged, 7 December 1917, and marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, the same day. Proceeded overseas to France, 9 February 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Le Havre, 10 February 1918. Proceeded to unit, 15 February 1918; rejoined 10th Field Artillery Bde, 19 February 1918. Killed in action, 4 July 1918. Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRUNTON Lawrence |