| Location | Shore Chapel, Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore), Blue Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Type | stained_glass_window |
| Description | Stained Glass Widow Dr Pockley was a former Old Boy of the school and resident medical officer at the Sydney Hospital. Information has reached Sydney concerning the death of Dr. Brian Pockley, who lost his life in the attack by the Australian Expeditionary Force on New Britain. When the force reached Herbertshoe, an assurance was given that no resistance would be offered. A party of 50 naval reserves were sent inland to the wireless station, and Dr. Pockley accompanied them as medical officer. Suddenly as they marched through the scrub, they were fired on at close quarters from an ambuscade. Several fell, and Dr. Pockley rushed forward, to one of the wounded men, whom he picked up and carried to the rear. Before he went to attend to another man he took off his coat with the Red Cross badge on it, and was going forward to attend another of the wounded men. As he did so, he was shot dead by a German with a revolver. "It was just like him," said his father today, "not to have counted this cost to himself if it meant service to another."
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| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription | ( Inscription across both windows ) Give peace in our time O Lord The beloved In memoriam Brian Colden Antill Pockley M.B., ChM. Captain A. A. M. C. Born at North Sydney 4th June 1890 Killed in action while succouring a wounded comrade ; Kaba Kaul New Guinea 11th September 1914 Non Ipse Pro Caris Amicus
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| Condition | Good |
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Service number OFFICER
Captain
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Army Medical Corps
Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914)
Born 4 Jun 1890
