Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Gregory Bruer

Service number	1011, 3348, SX1432
Ranks Held	Private, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date	1895-02-22
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

First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private

Timeline

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