BRUTON, Fernleigh John
| Service Numbers: | 63, Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, 17 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draughtsman |
| Died: | Peritonitis following intestinal obstruction / Surgical removal of appendix, Garrison Hospital, Sydney, NSW, 27 November 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 63, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 63, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 63, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy succeeded in gaining a footing in our position, he organized parties and led them. After a strenuous bombing attack he succeeded in driving out the enemy and regaining the position. He set a splendid example to his men.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219 Date: 20 December 1917 | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW Chest and arm (per service record) Evacuated to the UK Seriously wounded | |
| 16 Feb 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion |
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Military Cross
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy succeeded in gaining a footing in our position, he organized parties and led them. After a strenuous bombing attack he succeeded in driving out the enemy and regaining the position. He set a splendid example to his men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
Lieut. Bruton, M.C., an original Anzac, died lat the Garrison Hospital during the week. Lieut Bruton, who was enly 28 years of age, was born in England. He left Australia with the first Expeditionary Forces, as a Corporal, and three days after landing at Gallipoli he was promoted to Sergeant. He won his commission in 1915. Later he went to France, and there he won the Military Cross. General Birdwood, writing to the late lieutenant in June of last year, said: 'I write to congratulate you most heartily upon the Military Cross which has been awarded to you for your conspicuous gallantry and initiative in the operations near Bullecourt on May 6. Your conduct throughout was of a very high order, especially in organising and leading a bombing attack against the enemy, whom you ejected from the position which they had temporarily gained.'
Lieut. Bruton leaves a widow. She was a Mdlle, Pierina Carl, whom he met and married in Cairo three years ago. Lieut. Bruton suffered a sudden attack of appendicitis, and though speedily operated upon, he died in a couple of days. He was buried at Waverley Cemetery with military honors.
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