Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Gregory Bruer

Service number 1011, 3348, SX1432
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Private
Birth Date 22/02/1895
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Walkerville
Death Date 1972
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Walkerville
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 22/02/1895 Walkerville, SA.
Other 1910 Joined Naval Reserves.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1914-08-04 - 1914-09-10 Served as Ordinary Signalman in the Royal Australian Navy.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 11/09/1914 Enlisted in the AIF, 5th Company, 16th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 22/12/1914
Other 18/08/1915 Became sick, diagnosed with rheumatism.
Date wounded 1915-05-02 - 1915-07-15 Wounded in action.
Date returned to Australia 04/11/1915
Date of discharge 27/02/1916 Deemed medically unfit for duty.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 27/05/1916 Again enlisted in the AIF, 50th Battalion.
Other 13/05/1917 Appointed acting corporal.
Other 18/11/1917 Arrived in France.
Date commissioned 03/11/1917 Appointed second lieutenant.
Other 02/05/1917 Arrived in the United Kingdom.
Other units 26/11/1917 Appointed to the 16th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 10/02/1917
Date promoted 06/11/1918 Appointed lieutenant.
Date of discharge 14/07/1919 Demobilised.
Date returned to Australia 06/06/1919
Other 21/10/1931 Appointed lieutenant in the Reserve of Officers.
Other units 08/09/1932 43/48th Battalion.
Other units 31/03/1932 Seconded staff captain 4th District Base.
Other units 07/01/1932 43/48th Battalion.
Other 01/04/1932 Transferred to Unattached List.
Date promoted 20/04/1934 Appointed captain.
Other 1937-01 - 1937-07 Seconded for the Coronation Contingent.
Other units 01/07/1939 43rd Battalion.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 13/10/1939 Seconded major and second in command of the 2/10th Battalion, Second Australian Infantry Force.
Other 18/06/1940 Arrived in Scotland.
Other 1941-07-25 - 1942-01-07 Appointed acting commanding officer of 2/10th Battalion.
Date promoted 02/12/1941 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other 1941-08-01 - 1942-01-07 Appointed commanding officer and temporary lieutenent colonel of 2/10th Battalion.
Other 03/01/1942 Relinquished command 2/10th to return home, on compassionate grounds.
Date returned to Australia 28/03/1942 Returned to Melbourne.
Date of discharge 28/04/1943 Transferred to the Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 1972