Service number | 1011, 3348, SX1432 |
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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 |
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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 February 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 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 |