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BRUNTON, David
(Service number 17/30)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	08/07/1892	Place of Birth	Otaio

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Otaio
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Robert Brunton (father), Otaio
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Veterinary Corps
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of lthe Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Army Service Corps - Veterinary Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	10 August 1967	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Brunton was the youngest son of Robert Russell and Margaret Brunton of Otaio. He was educated at the local Otaio School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 February 2017]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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