BRIEN, Henry Edward
| Service Number: | 381 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1956, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_1, Secion 28, Lot 36 |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll, Wickham Public School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 381, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 381, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 381, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 381, 18th Infantry Battalion, SW left forearm severe |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the 6th March 1956, Private Henry Edward Brien, 18th Battalion (Reg No-381), labourer from 40 & 41 & 50 Bishopgate Street, Wickham, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. ANGLICAN 1-28. 36.
Not married.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 1st April 1883 as BRYANT to Henry, died 1893?, and Sarah Ann Brien, died 18.7.1937, Hamilton, N.S.W., age?, mother of 6, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-26. 37, no funeral notice located, name not listed on Sandgate Cemetery database, Henry enlisted on the 14th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Transferred to 18th Battalion 24.11.1916.
Admitted to hospital 31.12.1916 (exhaustion), 27.1.1917 (defective vision).
Wounded in action - 3.5.1917 (GSW left forearm, severe).
Embarked for England 4.5.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 31.10.1917.
Henry arrived home invalided on the 29th December 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 30th January 1918.
Re-enlisted 17.6.1918, Newcastle, N.S.W. No other information located.
Mr. Brien’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Henry’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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