Lawrence BRUNTON

BRUNTON, Lawrence

    Service Number: Commissioned Officer
    Enlisted: 4 November 1915
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Colne Lancashire, England, 9 July 1892
    Home Town: Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
    Schooling: Technical School Colne Lancashire
    Occupation: Station Overseer
    Died: Killed In Action, Le Hamel, France, 4 July 1918, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
    Plot XIX, Row F, Grave No. 8
    Memorials: Brewarrina Christ Church WW1 Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
    2 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    4 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 7th Light Horse Regiment
    9 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Light Horse Regiment
    1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
    26 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    18 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
    29 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    29 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, 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.
    4 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-04

    Military Cross

    Military Cross

    'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He succeeded, with another officer, in extinguishing 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: 25 July 1918

    Submitted 22 December 2016 by Faithe Jones

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