BRINSMEAD, Horace Clowes
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hampstead, London, 2 February 1883 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Agent |
| Died: | Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Vic., 11 March 1934, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Although not himself a pilot, Colonel Brinsmead was keenly interested in aviation, and his air mindedness and enthusiasm were revealed in many ways. From the time he took over the control of the Civil Aviation Department he made a practice of travelling by air and a DH 60 was reserved almost exclusively for his use. He toured Australia and carried out all his inspections by air; he was the type of man who looked ahead and, convinced that there was a great future for aviation in Australia, tried by example and propaganda to get people to think along the same lines as himself. His aerial tour of 9,000 miles, much of it through practically unknown country, which he completed in May, 1922, ranked as one of the finest flying achievements which had till then been recorded. A genial companion and a good sportsman, he was liked by every one.
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