SINCOCK, Bertram
| Service Number: | 5756 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Henley Park, South Australia, 3 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Spanish flu, Exhibition Isolation Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 23 April 1919, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Plan 3, Row 11 Grave 46, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5756, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5756, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 23 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 43rd Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5756, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to the left leg, hand and face and evacuated to England on 7 July 1917. Then to return to Australia | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Adelaide as medically unfit | |
| 23 Apr 1919: | Involvement Private, 5756, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5756 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-04-23 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5756, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Sincock and Hannah (nee Wilson) Sincock;brother of Thomas Henry Cook Sincock, Mary Ann Elizabeth Sincock, Wiiliam James Sincock, John Edwin Sincock, Bessie Ida May Sincock, Beatrice Hannah Sincock, Winifred Sincock, Lilian Myrtle Sincock, Dorothea Eva Sincock, Lila Frances Sincock, Sophie Elmar Sincock and Edward Clifford Sincock
Husband of Christine (nee Robertson) Sincock of 41 Beans Road, Thebarton, SA and father of Bertram John Sincock, Lila Jessie Sincock, Clifford James Sincock
15 April 1918 - embarked HMAT Marathon in England to return to Australia disembarking in Melbourne on 12 June 1918 as medically unfit
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by David Barlow
In February 1919 at the outbreak of the Spanish flu pandemic the Exhibition Building became the Exhibition Isolation Hospital. It was no longer needed once isolation wards had been opened at the Adelaide Hospital and the last admission took place in November 1919 - 588 patients had been admitted, of whom 68 died from the disease. One of those 68 was Bertie Sincock
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