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BRONSON, Hurtle George
| Service Numbers: | SN 18, 18 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | One Tree Hill, Adelaide, South Australia, 18 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Alberton Public School |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1 October 1929, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site No: 5 |
| Memorials: | Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll, Queenstown Christ Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 18 | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 18, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 18, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Woodville High School
Hurtle George Bronson was born 1892 in One tree Hill, Adelaide. He went to Alberton Public School, and his occupation was a Driver. At the age of 23, he enlisted in the AIF and left Australia on 31\05\1915. The ship he embarked on was the HMAT Geelong A2.
Bronson landed on Egyptian soil as a Private with a service number of 18, he served in the 27th Infantry Battalion in the Middle East and on the Western Front. He was admitted to hospital while in the Middle East with deafness in January 1916 and was hospitalised again with Meningitis in June 1917
He returned to Australia in 1917 arriving back 4th September 1917 and was discharged medically unfit 29th October 1917.
Bronson died October 1st, 1929 in Port Adelaide.
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