James BRUTON

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Service Number:	559
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

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 559, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
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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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