Service number | 1011, 3348, SX1432 |
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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 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Gregory Bruer
Rolls
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
Timeline
Date of birth | 22/02/1895 | Walkerville, SA. |
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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 |