Lance Brisbane - Career

Career

In 1909 he started a draughtsman apprenticeship in Perth with Wunderlich Ltd, a building materials company. His career was interrupted by World War I: in 1915 he enlisted in the AIF. He served in the Middle East in Australian and British units, was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Egyptian Order of the Nile. After a promotion to temporary major in February 1919 he returned home where his army appointment terminated on 14 October.

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