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BRUMWELL, Donald Stanley

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• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Service Numbers:	Chaplain, 143712, Q69003, QX43790
Enlisted:	23 September 1915
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born:	Margate, Kent, England, 21 April 1887
Home Town:	Boonah, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Methodist Chaplain
Died:	30 September 1966, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD Columbarium 12 Section 23
Memorials:	Boonah War Memorial, Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Captain, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

17 Nov 1942:	Involvement QX43790, also Q69003 & 143712
17 Nov 1942:	Involvement 143712, also QX43790
17 Nov 1942:	Involvement Q69003, World War 1; Chaplain; 31 Inf Bn - also QX43790 & 143712
17 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 143712
17 Nov 1942:	Enlisted
17 Apr 1947:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Birth Details 

Name: Donald Stanley Brumwell
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Thanet
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 936

Birth Details 

Name: Donald Stanley Brumwell
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Thanet
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 936

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• ADFA - AIF Project - 1
• ADFA - AIF Project - 2
• Australian War Memorial - Honours & Awards - OBE
• Australian War Memorial - Honours & Awards (Recommendation) - MID
• Department of Veterans Affairs - WWII Nominal Roll
• NAA - WWI & WWII Officer's Service Record
• Trove Digital Newspaper Article - CHAPLAIN GASSED
• Trove Illustrated Newspaper Article-FAMILY REUNION
• Trove Illustrated Newspaper Article - METHODISM'S 90 YEARS
• Trove Illustrated Newspaper Article -METHODIST PRESIDENT INSTALLED
• Trove Illustrated Newspaper ArticleV -METHODIST FETE WEST END

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