Thomas Joseph BRUNDRIT MID

BRUNDRIT, Thomas Joseph

Service Number: Commissioned Officer
Enlisted: 28 September 1914, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD Rank was Honorary Lt
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Petrie, Queensland, 15 October 1882
Home Town: Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Occupation: Crown Lands Ranger
Died: Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 8 November 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
Plot 1, Row A, Grave 3 Chaplain W.C. Dexter officiated
Memorials: Department of Public Lands Brisbane Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD Rank was Honorary Lt
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
15 Oct 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, IN the field
3 Nov 1915: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded and promulgated London Gazette, No. 29664, 11 July 1916; Commonwealth Gazette No. 176, 30 November 1916.
8 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in Action--- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1915-11-08

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William and Catherine Brundrit of 'Aultbey' Christian Street, Albion, QLD. Brother of Eleanor Bancroft Clowes nee Brundrit of New Farm, QLD and Elizabeth M. Brundrit of Abion, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served with the Gympie Light Horse, QLD with the rand of Quarter Master and with the Queensland Rifles