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BRUNTON, David
(Service number 17/30)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Lance Corporal

Birth

Date 8 July 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]

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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