Doric Dudley BRADBURY MM

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BRADBURY, Doric Dudley

Service Number:	8361
Enlisted:	18 June 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Daw Park, SA, 24 August 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls
Memorials:	Adelaide Fire Underwriters' Association of S.A. WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide High School Honour Board

World War 1 Service

18 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8361, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Keswick, SA
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Bombardier, 8361, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Bombardier, 8361, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 8361
Date unknown:	Wounded 8361

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Military Medal

'On the 14th September, 1917, at ZILLEBEKE, the 18th Battery position was heavily shelled from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. with 5.9" and 8". At 3.36 p.m. an ammunition dump alongside No. 1 gun was hit and it and the gun pit caught fire. These men [8360 M.A. COCKER, 8381 D.D. BRADBURY, (8381) Lt E.J. SHEPHERD, (10762) Lt L. CARTHEW] on Lieutenant DODD calling for a party rushed out of the shelter trench in the face of the heavy fire and with water from adjacent shell holes succeeded in putting it out. Later the pit was again hit and it and the ammunition and an adjacent pit caught fire. These men again went out with Lieutenant DODD in the face of the shelling and succeeded in saving the guns and ammunition. They displayed great gallantry and determination in the face of very considerable danger.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

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