BRUTON, James
Service Number: | 559 |
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Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Fairymead Sugar Company WW1 Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Miara, Waterloo & Yandaran Roll of Honor, Swan Hill War Memorial, Waterloo Memorial Cairn Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 559, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 559, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 559, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 559, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he address was Palace Hotel, Bundaberg, QLD
Son of George and Mary Ann Bruton of Swan Hill, Victoria
Next of kin given as his brother Charles Joseph Donnington Bruton of Pritchard Street, Swan Hill, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Victorian Rangers for about 7 years reaching the rank of Corporal