BRACEGIRDLE, Leighton Seymour
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Rear Admiral |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | East Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 31 May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Edgecliff, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Royal Australian Naval Officer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1970, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boxer Rebellion (China) Service
| 8 Aug 1900: | Embarked Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Officer, sailed onboard SS Salamis | |
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| 8 Aug 1900: | Embarked New South Wales Naval Contingent, SS Salamis | |
| 25 Apr 1901: | Embarked Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman, Returned to Australia onboard SS CHingtu |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1915: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 22 Sep 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Commander, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
| 9 May 1917: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Commander, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Jan 1935: | Honoured Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George | |
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| 31 May 1945: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Rear Admiral , Auxillary Services |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Captain L. S. Bracegirdle, KCVO, DSO, CMG, MID** (1881-1970)
Awarded C.M.G. January 1935
Captain L. S. Bracegirdle, D.S.O., military and official secretary to the Governor-General.
Captain Bracegirdle, in 1898, joined the New South Wales naval forces as a naval cadet, and, as a Midshipman, was with the Naval Brigade
at the Boxer Rebellion in China.
He later served in the South African War, and in 1914 was naval staff officer with the Naval Brigade in New Guinea.
In 1915-17 he commanded the first Australian Naval Bridging Train, and was at the first landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). He was appointed Captain in 1924.
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