Cleve BRISBANE

BRISBANE, Cleve

Service Number: 5317
Enlisted: 4 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Goodwood, South Australia, 26 September 1894
Home Town: Torrensville, South Australia
Schooling: Keswick Public School
Occupation: Hardware Assistant
Died: Died of Illness (cardiac), Keswick, South Australia, Keswick Military Hospital, Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26 July 1919, aged 24 years
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plympton North Richmond Baptist Church Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5317, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5317, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note:

12 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5317, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
2 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5317, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
31 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5317, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5317, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens

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Biography

Surname: BRISBANE; Given Names: Cleve; Date of Birth: 26 September 1894; Date of Enlistment: 4 January 1916; Trade or Calling: Hardware Assistant; Birth Location: Goodwood SA; Address prior to enlistment: 46 Carlton Pde Torrensville; Photograph sent by: Mrs C Brisbane
Source: State Records SA

Son of Mr and Mrs Eliza Brisbane of Croydon Rd Keswick,  Cleve married shortly after enlistment.  His wife Marion's address was listed as 46 Carlton Parade Torrensville.

Cleve Brisbane was enlisted  into the 14th Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion and went into camp at the Exhibition Grounds Camp and then to Mitcham Camp.  He trained as a signaller.  He embarked on the HMAT Ballarat on the 12th August 1916.

Cleve Brisbane was taken on Strength by the 27th Battalion after completion of training in the UK, in January 1917.

He subsequently served in France for the remainder of the war with a short period of hospitalisation follwing an injury, in England in February / March 1918.

He embarked for Australia on the HT Ypiringa in May 1919.  While at sea he developed inlammation of the heart resulting in him being disembarked as a stretcher case.  Officially diagnosed as endarcititis his condition deteriorated and he died in Keswick Military Hospital on the 26th July 1919. with his wife in attendance  He was deemed to have died in service and his wife was subsequently presented his Commemorative Plaque.

Commemorative Plaque No 950050

British War Medal  44805

Victory Medal 44298

 

Embarkation Roll

Service Number: 5317

Rank: Private

Roll title: 27 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 18 Reinforcements (June-December 1916)

Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Date of embarkation: 12 August 1916

Place of embarkation: Adelaide

Ship embarked on: HMAT Ballarat A70

AWM Honour Roll

Service Number: 5317

Rank: Private

Unit: 27 Battalion

Service: Australian Army

Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Date of death: 26 July 1919

Place of death: Keswick Military Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Place of association: Torrensville South Australia, Australia

Cemetery or memorial details: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

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