~~~Transcript of Military Service, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~
Service number:--- Commissioned Officer
Born:--- Petrie, Queensland, 15th October 1882
Schooling:--- Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Religion:--- Episcopalian
Civilian Emploment:--- Crown Lands Ranger. (QLD National Parks)
Home town:--- Innisfail, Queensland
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 31 years and 11 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Catherine Brundrit, Christian Street, Albion, Brisbane, QLD.
Prior military service:-- Served as Quarter-Master in the Light Horse, Gympie, QLD.
Attested into AIF:--- 28th September 1914, Gympie, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Honorary Lieutenant, Quarter Master.
Final Unit:--- 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
Final Rank:--- Captain
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard TRANSPORT A34 Persic, 21st December 1914
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 8th November 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial:--- Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey, Chaplain W.C. Dexter officiated.
Parents:--- William Brundrit and Catherine Edith McIvor, married 18th December 1879
Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Recommendations:---Mention in Despatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', fourth Supplement, No. 29664, 11 July 1916; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176, 30 November 1916.
Family and military connections:--- Brother-in-law, Lieutenant Ernest William Spreadborough, 31st Australian Infantry Battalion, killed in action, 19-20 July 1916.
Memorials: ---Department of Public Lands, Brisbane
Sisters:-- Eleanor Bancroft Clowes nee Brundrit of New Farm, QLD and Elizabeth M. Brundrit of Abion, QLD
~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Andy (48021049) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Captain Thomas Joseph Brundrit
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment.
Died: Monday 8 November 1915 aged 31. Son of William & Catherine Brundrit
Buried, Shell Green Cemetery.
'The late Captain Thomas Joseph Brundrit familiarly known to his old school
friends, both at the Normal and Grammar Schools, as "Tibble," was the only son
of the late Mr William Brundrit, Clayfield. A young man of great ability, both mentally and physlcally, letters received from him give proof of his physical fitness. He had been in the trenches since May, had had no spell, and was not one day off duty since leaving Brisbane. He was a fellow of the Institute of Accountants, Queensland. In the football field, and at rowing, golf, etc, he excelled.' 'Mrs. C. Brundrit, Christian-street, Albion, Brisbane, mother of the late Captain Thomas Joseph Brundrit, who
was killed in action on November 9 at Gallipoli, has received the following
letter from the official secretary of the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro
Ferguson) :—" I am desired by his Excellency the Governor-General to trans-
mit to you the following message from their Majesties the King and Queen: 'The King and Queen deeply regret the loss you and the army have sustained by the death of your son in the service of his country. Their Majesties truly sympathise with you in your sorrow.' Inaddition to the above message, I am desired by the Governor-General to ex-
press their Excellencies' heartfelt sympathy with you on the death of this gallant officer, who fell fighting for his country and Empire."
BRUNDRIT.-At Gallipoli, Sunday, November
7th, 1915, Captain Thomas Joseph (Tibby)
Brundrit.
A heart that felt all others' woe,
A brain most swift to plan ;
A soul too big to fear a foe,
In brief-a man. [3]
[1] The Brisbane Courier SAt Nov 27th 1915 pg 7.
[2] The Queenslander Sat 11 Dec 1915 pg 40.
[3] The Brisbane Courier Wed 7th Nov 1917
Contributor: Andy (48021049)