1898 - 1953

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• Birth	15 May 1898	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1919	'Formoss', near Cressy, Tasmania, Australia
  Residence	1928	87 Burnett Street, Hobart North, Tasmania, Australia
  Residence	1936	67 Charles Street, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia
  Died	19 Jun 1953
  Person ID	I669	The Brumbys - Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2009
  Father	James William BRUMBY,   b. 12 Jun 1871, Longford, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 22 Sep 1943, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
  Mother	Mary HALL,   b. 1876, Longford, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 30 Sep 1967, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
  Married	8 Apr 1897	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Residence - 1928 - 87 Burnett Street, Hobart North, Tasmania, Australia Residence - 1936 - 67 Charles Street, Moonah, Tasmania, Australia  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  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.