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1 Married at the residence of Alec McLeod. Family: F2
 
2 Married at the residence of Robert Brumby, 'Harwick Hill'. Family: F4
 
3 Married in St Johns Church. Family: F22
 
4 LCC Will 1726/30 Elizabeth
 
5 **Not Mary GASCOINE** Mary
 
6 Married in the Catholic Church Vestry Maria Anderson
 
7 At the Nottingham Quarter Sessions on the 14 January 1795 Elizabeth and Maria Hainsley [sic] were charged with having stolen One brass pot and One Brass pan, of the Value of Ten pence, the property of William Hodgson. Both women were found guilty and sentenced to transportation for seven years.
Elizabeth, 26 years old and Maria, 21years old, were sisters-in-law. They were both widows from the village of Cauton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire; Elizabeth, however, was originally from Newcastle, Northumberland. They were amongst the 133 female convicts transported on the board the Indispensable which left England in November 1795 and arrived at Sydney on the 30th of April 1796. In 1801 Elizabeth was living with the then, Corporal James Brumby in New South Wales and she was eventually freed by servitude in 1802. 
Elizabeth Annesley
 
8 Adrian Dan Brumby enlisted in the 26th Battalion, 7th Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 24th of June 1915. He served as a Private in the Battalion where he saw service in France, on the Western Front.

Adrian Brumby died on the second day of the battle of Pozières, the 29th of July 1916 and is buried at Villes-Bretonneux, France.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 2001
Religion Church of England
Occupation Carter
Address Zeehan, Tasmania
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Father, Charles Brumby, Zeehan, Tasmania
Enlistment date 24 Jun 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 26 Infantry Battalion - 3 Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia onboard the SS Makarini on 10 September 1915.
Fate Killed in action.

The 26th Battalion

The 26th Battalion was raised at Enoggera, Queensland, in April 1915 from recruits enlisted in Queensland and Tasmania, and formed part of the 7th Brigade. It left Australia in July, and, after training in Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 12 September. At Gallipoli, the 26th played a purely defensive role and at various times was responsible for the defence of Courtney's and Steele's Posts, and Russell's Top. It withdrew from the peninsula on 12 December.

After another stint in Egypt, the 7th Brigade proceeded to France as part of the 2nd Australian Division in March 1916 In concert with the 28th Battalion, the 26th mounted the first trench raid undertaken by Australian troops on the Western Front on 6 June. The Battalion fought in its first major battle around Pozières between 28 July and 7 August. After a short spell in Belgium, the 2nd Division came south in October to attack again in the Somme Valley. The 26th Battalion took part in two attacks to the east of Flers, both of which floundered in mud and slush.

In early 1917, the 26th Battalion joined the follow-up of the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line and attacked at Warlencourt (1-2 March) and Lagincourt (26 March). For his valorous actions at Lagincourt, Captain Percy Cherry was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. On 3 May, the Battalion was also involved in the second attempt to breach the Hindenburg Line defences around Bullecourt. Later that year the focus of the AIF's operations switched to Belgium. There, the 26th battalion fought in the battle of Menin Road on 20 September, and participated in the capture of Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October.

Like most AIF battalions, the 26th fought to turn back the German spring offensive in April 1918, and in the lull that followed mounted "peaceful penetration" operations to snatch portions of the German front line. In one such operation in Monument Wood on 14 July the 26th Battalion captured the first German tank to fall into Allied hands - No. 506 "Mephisto". In another, on 17 July, Lieutenant Albert Borrella was awarded the Victoria Cross. Later in the year the 26th participated in the great offensive that began on 8 August, its most notable engagement being an attack east of Mont St Quentin on 2 September. The Battalion's last action of the war was the capture of Lormisset, part of the operation to breach the Beaurevoir Line, on 3 October 1918. The 26th Battalion was disbanded in May 1919. 
Adrian Daniel Brumby
 
9 Charles Brumby enlisted in the 4th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Light Horse Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 20th October 1914. He initally served as a Trooper in the 4th Light Horse Regiment before being transferred to the 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment on the 7th July 1916, seeing service in Gallipoli, and France.

On the 8th of February 1918, Charles was selected to attend the Infantry Officer Cadet course and was Commisioned to 2nd Lieutenant on the 20th of August 1918 and posted to 8th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Australian Imperial Force. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 6th of December 1918 and discharged on the 13th of July 1919.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 707
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Address 2 Bailey Avenue, Malvern, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin Father, Francis Brumby, 2 Bailey Avenue, Malvern, Victoria
Enlistment date 20 Oct 1914
Rank on enlistment Trooper
Unit name 4th Light Horse Regiment - 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia onboard HMAT Katuna on 3 February 1915.
Fate Returned to Australia 14 May 1919.

The 4th Light Horse Regiment

The 4th Light Horse Regiment was formed as the divisional cavalry regiment for the 1st Australian Division on 11 August 1914. Belying traditional stereotypes, over 20 per cent of the original regiment were city dwellers from Melbourne. The regiment sailed from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 and disembarked in Egypt on 10 December.

The light horse were considered unsuitable for the initial operations at Gallipoli, but were subsequently deployed without their horses to reinforce the infantry. The 4th Light Horse Regiment landed on 22 and 24 May and its squadrons were initially scattered to reinforce the infantry battalions already ashore. The regiment was not reunited until 11 June. Much of the regiment's time at Gallipoli was spent defending the precarious ANZAC position, most frequently around Ryrie's Post, but its squadrons were involved in several minor attacks. It left the peninsula on 11 December 1915.

Returning to Egypt, a fourth squadron - "D Squadron" - was formed for the regiment and it was promptly detailed, along with B Squadron, for duty as divisional cavalry for the 1st and 3rd Australian Divisions on the Western Front. These two squadrons arrived in France in March and June 1916 and would eventually become part of the II ANZAC Mounted Regiment.

A new B Squadron was formed for the 4th Light Horse in Egypt, and the regiment spent the remainder of 1916 engaged on rear area security tasks in the Suez Canal Zone. In April 1917 it moved up into the Sinai desert in the wake of the main British and dominion advance, but continued to undertake security duties.

The regiment's first major battle would also become that which made it legendary. On 31 October 1917 an attack was launched to outflank the Turkish bastion of Gaza, against which two previous attacks had failed, by capturing another heavily defended town to the east - Beersheba. A deteriorating tactical situation late on the first day of the operation caused the 4th and its sister regiment, the 12th, to be unleashed on Beersheba at the gallop - an action which has gone down in history as the charge of Beersheba.

After Gaza fell on 7 November 1917, Turkish resistance in southern Palestine collapsed. The 4th Light Horse participated in the pursuit that followed, and then spent the first months of 1918 resting and training. It moved into the Jordan Valley in time to participate in the Es Salt raid between 29 April and 4 May.

In August, the regiment was issued with swords and trained in traditional cavalry tactics in preparation for the next offensive against the Turks. This was launched along the Palestine coast on 19 September 1918 - its objective, Damascus. The mounted forces penetrated deep into the Turkish rear areas severing roads, railways and communications links. On 1 October 1918, a patrol of the 4th Light Horse, commanded by Sergeant Frank Organ, were the first allied troops to enter Damascus. The regiment was soon involved in the next stage of the advance and was on its way to Homs when the Turks surrendered on 30 October. Some long-serving troopers began to embark for home soon after and while the rest awaited their turn, the 4th Light Horse were called back to operational duty to quell the Egyptian revolt that erupted in March 1919; order was restored in little over a month. The regiment sailed for home on 15 June 1919. 
Charles Brumby
 
10 Died during the Scarlet Fever epidemic of the 1840's and 50's. Charles Henry Brumby
 
11 Denton was employed on the Great Northern Railway from the 17 Jun 1895 until the 15 Feb 1896.  Denton Brumby
 
12 Farmer Denton Brumby
 
13 Spinster Elizabeth Brumby
 
14 Died during the Scarlet Fever epidemic of the 1840's and 50's. Emma Ainslie Brumby
 
15 Eric Brumby - World War I
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Eric James Brumby
 
16 Eric Brumby enlisted in the 40th Battalion, 10th Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 8 March 1918. He served as a Private and saw service in France and Flanders.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 52389
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Cressy, Tasmania
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin Father, James Brumby, Cressy, Tasmania
Enlistment date 8 March 1918
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 40th Battalion
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia onboard A14 HMT Euripides on 1 May 1918.
Fate Returned to Australia 1 August 1919.

The 40th Battalion

The 3rd Division was raised in Australia early in 1916. The 40th Battalion was Tasmania's contribution to the strength of the division and it joined the Victorian-raised 37th, 38th and 39th Battalions to form the 10th Brigade.

The battalion embarked for the Western Front in July 1916 and by December was serving in the trenches in France. The 40th Battalion spent 1917 bogged in bloody trench warfare in Flanders. In June the battalion took part in the battle of Messines and in October the battle for Broodseinde Ridge. It was during this battle that Sergeant Lewis McGee of B Company performed the act of valour that earned him the Victoria Cross. McGee was killed in action eight days later, one of the 248 members of the battalion killed, wounded or gassed in the battle of Passchendaele.

The battalion spent much of 1918 fighting in the Somme valley. In March they met the German Spring Offensive at Morlancourt. In August and September the battalion helped to drive the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line. It was near Proyart in August that Sergeant Percy Statton of the 40th earned his Victoria Cross.

At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent on the Western Front. The November Armistice was followed by the Peace Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919.

Between February and September 1919 the men of the 40th Battalion returned to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. 
Eric James Brumby
 
17 Ernest Brumby - World War I
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Ernest Gladstone Brumby
 
18 Ernest Brumby enlisted in the 5th Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 8th of March 1916. He served as a Private where he saw service in France, on the Western Front.

Ernest Brumby died during the battle of Pozières, on the 18th of August 1916 and is buried at Villes-Bretonneux, France.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 5655
Religion Methodist
Occupation Commercial Traveler
Address 89 Spensley Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin Father, Ernest Brumby, 288 Newcastle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date 4 March 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 5th Battalion - 17th Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia onboard A14 HMT Euripides on 4 April 1916.
Fate Killed in action.


The 5th Battalion

The 5th Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade.

The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. It later took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave. It was led by Lieutenant Colonel D. S. Wanliss, the officer who had raised the battalion. Ten days after the landing the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles to help in the attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian battalions forming the 2nd Brigade returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December.

After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt and, in March 1916, sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion was heavily involved in operations against the German Army. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozières in the Somme valley in July 1916. After Pozières the battalion fought at Ypres in Flanders then returning to the Somme for winter.

In 1917, the battalion participated in the operations that followed-up the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, and then returned to Belgium to join the great offensive launched to the east of Ypres. In March and April 1918, the battalion helped to stop the German spring offensive. It subsequently participated in the great Allied offensive launched near Amiens on 8 August 1918. The advance by British and empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as "the black day of the German Army in this war".

The battalion continued operations until late September 1918. At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent. The November armistice was followed by the peace treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919.

In November 1918 members of the AIF began to return to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. In April, the battalion was so reduced that it and the 8th Battalion were amalgamated to form a composite battalion. In turn, this battalion was amalgamated with another, formed from the 6th and 7th Battalions, to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion. 
Ernest Gladstone Brumby
 
19 Dame Flora Reid (nee Brumby)
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Florence Ann Brumby
 
20 In 1917, Flora was awarded a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her work with Australian servicemen in London during World War I.

She was among the first four recipients in 1917 of the Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire. 
Florence Ann Brumby
 
21 George owned "Brocklesby" near Cressy, Tasmania before moving to Forth, Tasmania. George Brumby
 
22 Married in St Johns Church George Peter Brumby
 
23 Harold Brumby - World War I
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Harold Brumby
 
24 Harold Brumby enlisted in the 8th Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 5th of January 1916. He served as a Private and saw service on the Western Front, France.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 5658
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Labourer
Address 89 Spensley Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin Brother, Livingstone Brumby, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 5 January 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 8th Battalion - 18th Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia onboard A33 HMAT Ayrshire on 3 July 1916.
Fate Returned to Australia 27 July 1919.

The 8th Battalion

The 8th Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 5th, 6th and 7th Battalions, it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade.

The battalion was raised from rural Victoria by Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. It later took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave. Ten days after the landing, the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles to help in the attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian battalions returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December.

After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt. In March 1916, it sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion was heavily involved in operations against the German Army. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozières in the Somme valley in July 1916. Private Thomas Cooke, one of 81 members of the battalion killed at Pozières, earned a posthumous Victoria Cross during the action. After Pozières, the battalion fought at Ypres, in Flanders, returning to the Somme for winter. In 1917, the battalion participated in the operations that followed-up the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, and then returned to Belgium to join the great offensive launched to the east of Ypres.

In March and April 1918 helped to stop the German spring offensive. The battalion subsequently participated in the allies' own offensive, launched near Amiens on 8 August 1918. The advance by British and empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as, "the black day of the German Army in this war". For his actions on this day, Lieutenant William Joynt was awarded a Victoria Cross. The next day, Private Robert Beatham also earned a Victoria Cross by rushing four separate machine guns. He was killed in action two days later.

The battalion continued operations to late September 1918. At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent. The November armistice was followed by the peace treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919.

In November 1918 members of the AIF began to return to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. In April, the battalion was so reduced that it and the 5th Battalion were amalgamated to form a composite battalion. In turn, this battalion was amalgamated with another, formed from the 6th and 7th Battalions, to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion. 
Harold Brumby
 
25 Sports at Warrina

Warrina, January 1 - Athletic sports were held at Warrina on Christmas Day. The results were :-
Running, Long Jump and Hop, Skip and Jump - J. Henderson
Maidens - T. Conway
Warrina Handicap and Christmas Gift - H. Brumby
Consolation - E. Perrin
Boy's Race - J. McGibbin
A Farewell Handicap run on Boxing Day was won by D. Brumby, T. Brodie being a good second.

From "The Chronicle", 5th of January 1895 
Harry Bruce Brumby
 
26 Herbert Brumby - World War I
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Herbert Stuart Brumby
 
27 Herbert Brumby enlisted in the 32nd Battalion, 8 Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 2nd of Sep 1915. He served as a Driver in the Battalion's Transport Section and saw service in Egypt and France.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 315
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Kingston, South East, South Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 43
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Georgina Brumby, Kingston, South East, South Australia
Enlistment date 2 September 1915
Rank on enlistment Driver
Unit name 32nd Battalion, Transport Section
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 11 November 1915
Fate Returned to Australia 21 May 1916

The 32nd Battalion

The 32nd Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Mitcham, on the outskirts of Adelaide, on 9 August 1915. Only two companies were raised from South Australian enlistees - another two were formed in Western Australia and joined the battalion at the end of September. The battalion sailed from Adelaide on 18 November 1915.

The 8th Brigade joined the newly raised 5th Australian Division in Egypt, and proceeded to France, destined for the Western Front, in June 1916. The 32nd Battalion fought its first major battle at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, having only entered the front-line trenches 3 days previously. The attack was a disastrous introduction to battle for the 32nd - it suffered 718 casualties, almost 75 per cent of the battalion's total strength, but closer to 90 per cent of its actual fighting strength. Although it still spent periods in the front line, the 32nd played no major offensive role for the rest of the year.

In early 1917, the German Army withdrew to the Hindenburg Line allowing the British front to be advanced and the 32nd Battalion participated in the follow-up operations. The battalion subsequently missed the heavy fighting to breach the Hindenburg Line during the second battle of Bullecourt as the 8th Brigade was deployed to protect the division's flank. The only large battle in 1917 in which the 32nd Battalion played a major role was Polygon Wood, fought in the Ypres sector in Belgium on 26 September.

Unlike some AIF battalions, the 32nd had a relatively quiet time during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 as the 5th Division was largely kept in reserve. The Allies launched their own offensive with the battle of Amiens on 8 August, in which the 32nd Battalion participated. It was subsequently involved in the operations that continued to press the retreating Germans through August and into September. The 32nd fought its last major action of the war between 29 September and 1 October when the 5th and 3rd Australian Divisions and two American divisions attacked the Hindenburg Line across the top of the 6-kilometre-long St Quentin Canal tunnel; the canal was a major obstacle in the German defensive scheme.

The 32nd was resting and retraining out of the line when the war ended on 11 November 1918. On 8 March 1919, after the gradual repatriation of men to Australia, the remnants of the 32nd Battalion were merged with the 30th Battalion. 
Herbert Stuart Brumby
 
28 Hurtle Brumby - World War I
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Hurtle Brumby
 
29 Hurtle Brumby enlisted in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 1st Light Horse Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force on the 3rd of December 1914. He served as a Trooper but due to being found to be medically unfit was discharged on the 5th of May 1915.

His entry in the Nominal Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 858
Religion Methodist
Occupation Blacksmith
Address Gawler South, South Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 30
Next of kin Wife, Evelyn Agnes Brumby, Gawler South, South Australia
Enlistment date 3 December 1914
Rank on enlistment Trooper
Unit name 3rd Light Horse Regiment - 4th Reinforcements
Embarkation details Did not embark.
Fate Medically discharged 15 May 1915.

The 3rd Light Horse Regiment

The 3rd Light Horse Regiment was raised in Adelaide on 17 August 1914. Although most of its recruits were enlisted in South Australia, one of the regiment's three squadrons was composed of Tasmanians and was raised and trained in Hobart. The two components sailed from their home ports in late October 1914 and arrived in Egypt in the second week of December. Here, they joined the 1st and 2nd Regiments to form the 1st Light Horse Brigade.

The 1st Light Horse Brigade deployed to Gallipoli without its horses and landed there on 12 May 1915, joining the New Zealand and Australian Division. The 3rd Light Horse played a defensive role throughout the campaign and was in reserve when its sister regiments attacked as part of the August offensive. It left Gallipoli on 14 December 1915.

Back in Egypt, the 3rd Light Horse joined the ANZAC Mounted Division. Between January and May 1916, the regiment was deployed to protect the Nile valley from bands of pro-Turkish Senussi Arabs. On 18 May, as part of its parent brigade, it joined the forces defending the Suez Canal. The 1st Light Horse Brigade played a significant role in turning back the Turkish advance on the canal at the battle of Romani on 4 August. In ensuing days the regiments of the brigade participated in the immediate follow-up of the defeated Turks, but were soon withdrawn to rest.

The 3rd Light Horse rejoined the Allied advance across the Sinai in November and was subsequently involved in the fighting to secure the Turkish outposts on the Palestine frontier - Maghdaba on 23 December 1916 and Rafa on 9 January 1917. A stint of protective duty along the line of communications through the Sinai followed. The 3rd's next major engagement was the abortive second battle of Gaza on 19 April. Gaza finally fell on 7 November, after a wide outflanking move via Beersheba, in which the 1st Light Horse Brigade played a part.

With the capture of Gaza, the Turkish position in southern Palestine collapsed. The 3rd Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed, and was then committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the Jordan River. It was involved in the Amman (24-27 February) and Es Salt (30 April-4 May) raids and the repulse of a major German and Turkish attack on 14 July 1918.

The final British offensive of the campaign was launched along the Mediterranean coast on 19 September 1918, with the ANZAC Mounted Division taking part in a subsidiary effort east of the Jordan aimed at Amman. Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918. The 3rd Light Horse Regiment sailed for Australia on 16 March 1919 without their horses, which were either shot or transferred to Indian cavalry units. 
Hurtle Brumby
 
30 Married in the Wesleyan Methodist Church Ida Blanche Brumby
 
31 **Marriage details unconfirmed.** James Brumby
 
32 James Brumby enlisted as a Private in the New South Wales Corp of the British Army, later to become the 102nd Regiment of Foot, on the 14th of January 1790 at Chatham, near London. At the time of enlistment James was 18 years old and is described as being 6 foot tall and having brown hair, grey eyes, sallow complexion and being of a round visage (face).

James set sail for Australia with the Third Fleet, from Portsmouth Harbour on the 27th of March 1791. On the 14th of September 1791 James arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales aboard the "Britannia" with the New South Wales Corp. His name appears in the Monthly Pay Lists and Muster Roll of the New South Wales Corps of Foot for June 1798 where he is listed as Private James Brumby of Colonel Francis Grose's Company, where he was earning the princely sum of £1, 1s a month.

Following the departure of Governor King from New South Wales in 1792, James was the recipient of a 25 acre grant, one of a number made to men of the Regiment by then Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose. James received his first grant on the 3rd of December 1794 "laying and situate in Lane Cove in the district of Hunter's Hill". Lieutenant Governor Grose, however, did not have the authority to give land grants and it was cancelled following the arrival of Governor John Hunter. On the 1st of May 1797 James, William Smith, Thomas Bruin and Francis Wilkinson, all Privates in the NSW Corps, were granted 100 acres in the District of Mulgrave Place, "lying and situate on the banks of the river Hawkesbury and bounded on the S. by Bradley farm and N. by Singleton farm".

On the 1st January 1801, James was promoted to Corporal. 5 months later, on the 4th May 1801 he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to Captain Townsend's Company. On the 1st August 1801 James was again transferred, this time to Lieutenant - Colonel William Paterson's Company, from where he was to be one of sixty-four soldiers to be sent to Van Diemen's Land as an expeditionary party, leaving Sydney Town on the 3rd of October 1804. Sergeant James Brumby arrived in Van Dieman's Land as part of Lieutenant - Colonel Paterson's Detachment to Port Dalrymple on the River Tamar. The New South Wales Corps arrived aboard the H.M.S. Buffalo on the 4th of November 1804.

James was discharged from the British Army on 25th December 1808 and remained as a settler and land owner in Van Dieman's Land until his death on the 14th of September 1838. 
James Brumby
 
33 Married in St Johns Church. James Brumby
 
34 Stow Wills 1640-59/107 James Brumby
 
35 At residence of Rev W A Potts James William Brumby
 
36 **Marriage unconfirmed** John Brumby
 
37 Arrived in Hobart, Tasmania on the 24th of October 1825 with his brother Robert, aboard the "Mountaineer". John Brumby
 
38 Died after being thrown from his horse. John Brumby
 
39 Is listed in the Parish Register as being from East Ferry.
In 1789 John Brumby, Yeoman, agreed to pay the overseers 1s. 6d. weekly for the child of Elizabeth Towle, She paying 5d. per week. 
John Brumby
 
40 John Brumby
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John Brumby
 
41 John Brumby and Elizabeth Towle
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John Brumby
 
42 Obituary - John Brumby
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John Brumby
 
43 Stow Wills 1691-1694/28 John Brumby
 
44 The late Mr. J.R. Brumby - Warrina January 29 1896.

The many friends and acquaintances of Mr. John Robert Brumby of Warrina, will receive with regret the news of his sudden death, which occured on Tuesday, January 21. The weather here was exceedingly hot for several days, and affected the health of Mr. Brumby, who attended dinner only a few hours before the unexpected end.
The deceased was a son of the late Mr. James Brumby of Longford, Tasmania, and was born in 1839. He was apprenticed to his uncle, Mr. W. Flood, blacksmith of Longford, and subsequently commenced business on his own account iin the Cressy District. It was not long, however, before he received the offer of a position at his trade from Mr. A O'Connor or Connorville, one of the largest estates in the Lake River District - an appointment which he accepted and held for twelve years. Leaving Connorville he opened a butchering business at Longford which he continued for three years, after which he and his family took up their residence at Georgetown, on the River Tamar.
In 1878 Mr. Brumby came to South Australia, where he took up some land in the Yanyarrie District and turned his attention to agriculture, but finding this unprofitable, owing to the irregularity of the seasons, he in 1880 or 1881 accepted the position of foreman of the blacksmithing on the Blinman Mine, under Captain Paul and the late Captain Bryant, and remained there until the construction of the Great Northern line of railway from Hergott Springs to Oodnadatta started in 1885, when he received the position of Superintendent of the Blacksmithing Department.
On the line being completed he started a butchering and stock-breeding business at Warrina, which he carried on until his death. His kindness and hospitality were well known, and his death will be regretted, especially by those accustomed to have him as a co-worker in all matters of local interest. The deceased married Miss Mary Brumby, daughter of the late Mr. R. Brumby, of Harwick, Tasmania, who with four sons and four daughters survived him.

From the "Register", 31st of January 1896, page 6. 
John Robert Brumby
 
45 Lawrence Brumby - World War I
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Lawrence Milton Brumby
 
46 Lawrence Brumby enlisted in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 1st Light Horse Brigade of the 1st Australain Imperial Force (AIF) on the 10th of April 1917. He served as a Trooper and saw service throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 3411
Religion Church of England
Occupation Butcher
Address Dragon Street, Warwick, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Mother, Annie Brumby, Johons Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date 10 April 1917
Rank on enlistment Trooper
Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment - 29th Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia onboard A55 HMAT Kyarra on 3 September 1917.
Fate Returned to Australia 19 April 1919.

The 2nd Light Horse Regiment

The 2nd Light Horse Regiment was raised at Enoggera in Queensland on 18 August 1914. Its recruits came mainly from Queensland but some hailed from the northern rivers district of New South Wales. The 2nd was one of three regiments of the 1st Light Horse Brigade - the first Australian mounted formation raised by Australia during the First World War. The regiment sailed from Brisbane on 25 September and disembarked in Egypt on 9 December.

The 2nd Light Horse Regiment deployed to Gallipoli without its horses and landed there on 12 May 1915, joining the New Zealand and Australian Division. It played a defensive role for most of the campaign but did attack the Turkish trenches opposite Quinn's Post, one of the most contested positions along the ANZAC Line. The first assault wave was mown down and fortunately the officer commanding the attack had the wisdom and courage to call it off. The 2nd was withdrawn from the front line in September and left the peninsula on 18 December.

Back in Egypt, the 2nd Light Horse joined the ANZAC Mounted Division. Between January and May 1916, the regiment was deployed to protect the Nile valley from bands of pro-Turkish Senussi Arabs. On 18 May, as part of its parent brigade, it joined the forces defending the Suez Canal. The 1st Light Horse Brigade played a significant role in turning back the Turkish advance on the canal at the battle of Romani on 4 August. In ensuing days the regiments of the brigade participated in the immediate follow-up of the defeated Turks, but were soon withdrawn to rest.

The 2nd Light Horse Regiment rejoined the Allied advance across the Sinai in November and was subsequently involved in the fighting to secure the Turkish outposts on the Palestine frontier - Maghdaba on 23 December 1916 and Rafa on 9 January 1917. A stint of protective duty along the line of communications through the Sinai followed. The 2nd's next major engagement was the abortive second battle of Gaza on 19 April. Gaza finally fell on 7 November, after a wide outflanking move via Beersheba, in which the 1st Light Horse Brigade played a part.

With the capture of Gaza, the Turkish position in southern Palestine collapsed. The 2nd Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed, and was then committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the Jordan River. It was involved in the Amman (24-27 February) and Es Salt (30 April-4 May) raids and the repulse of a major German and Turkish attack on 14 July 1918.

The final British offensive of the campaign was launched along the Mediterranean coast on 19 September 1918, with the ANZAC Mounted Division taking part in a subsidiary effort east of the Jordan aimed at Amman. Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918. The 2nd Light Horse Regiment sailed for Australia on 13 March 1919 without their horses, which were either shot or transferred to Indian cavalry units. 
Lawrence Milton Brumby
 
47 Married in the Wesleyan Methodist Church Leila Maud Brumby
 
48 Leonard Brumby - World War I
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Leonard Alfred Alexander Brumby
 
49 Leonard Brumby enlisted in the 4th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Light Horse Brigade of the 1st Australian Imperial Force on the 9th of September 1915. He served as a Trooper in the 4th Light Horse Regiment as part of what was to become the 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment and saw service on the Western Front, France before being transferred to 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade on the 26th of September 1917 where he further saw service in Belgium. He was wounded in action on the 1st of June 1918.

His entry in the Embarkation Rolls is as follows:

Regimental number 2157
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address McLeod Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Sister, Ellen Jane Brumby, McLeod Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 29 September 1915
Rank on enlistment Trooper
Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment - 29th Reinforcements
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia onboard A13 HMAT Katuna on 9 March 1916.
Fate Returned to Australia 27 October 1919.

II ANZAC Mounted Regiment

When the infantry divisions of the AIF deployed from Egypt to the Western Front in early 1916, each included a divisional mounted reconnaissance squadron. Three squadrons were drawn from the 13th Light Horse Regiment and two from the 4th Light Horse Regiment. In France, these squadrons were combined to form corps mounted regiments and in July 1916 the two squadrons of the 4th Light Horse joined a squadron from the Otago Mounted Rifles, a New Zealand Unit, to form the II ANZAC Mounted Regiment. When the five Australian divisions were combined to form the Australian Corps in November 1917 II ANZAC was reorganised and became XXII Corps. The Australian personnel of the mounted regiment were the only Australians to remain with the corps.

On the Western Front, terrain and the nature of the war there limited the roles mounted troops could fulfil, but they were still heavily employed. The corps mounted regiments carried out traffic control, rear area security and prisoner escort tasks, and, when the tactical situation permitted, the more traditional cavalry role of reconnaissance. They were most active during the more mobile phases of the war on the Western Front, which included the follow-up of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line in early 1917, the stemming of the German Spring Offensive of 1918, and the allied offensive of August and September 1918.

The II ANZAC Mounted Regiment was widely employed during the battle of Messines in June 1917, which marked a switch in the emphasis of British and dominion operations from the Somme valley in France, to the Ypres sector in Belgium. The battlefield around Ypres was progressively churned into a quagmire and by the end of the year the regiment, now known by its new title, was manning muddy trenches in a dismounted role.

In the spring of the new year, the Germans launched an offensive to smash through the Allied front, and the XXII Corps Mounted Regiment was heavily engaged around Mont Kemmel - it suffered more casualties in April 1918 than the at any time in the rest of the war combined. After attacking in northern France in April, the Germans struck further to the south during May. The resulting actions became known collectively as the battle of the Marne. On this occasion the XXII Corps Mounted Regiment was attached to French forces, earning high praise.

The Allies launched their own offensive in August 1918 centred on the Somme valley and the XXII Corps commander, Lieutenant General Alexander Godley, was given command of III Corps for the operation. So impressed was he with the skills of his mounted regiment that he took it with him to his new command, and it participated in III Corps' advance to the Hindenburg Line. Godley and the regiment returned to XXII Corps in early September, and ended the war fighting around Cambrai and Valenciennes.

Long-serving troopers of the regiment began to return to Australia for discharge soon after the armistice in November 1918. The XXII Corps Mounted Regiment was disbanded in early December 1918 and the Australian squadrons were merged with the 13th Light Horse Regiment. 
Leonard Alfred Alexander Brumby
 
50 Maiden name originally Bonner. Leslie Alphonso Brumby
 

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