BRINKMAN, Vincent Erle
| Service Number: | 1656 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burke Street Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guildford Soldier's Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 7 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1656, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Vincent Erle BRINKMAN, (Service Number 1656) was born on 1 June 1892. He began employment with the NSWGR as a junior porter in Sydney in January 1913 and progressed to porter by 1915 when, on 7 June, he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. This recording of this leave would seem to have been after the event as his enlistment papers are dated 18 May. He embarked from Sydney on HMAT ‘Kanowna’ on 19 June. Six weeks later, on 27 August, he was missing in action at Gallipoli. A Court of Enquiry in January 1916 concluded that it was ‘reasonable to suppose dead’. His service papers use the name Victor, though all other details correspond, and he describes himself as a ‘railway employee’. Several letters from his parents are included in the National Archives file, and they use the name Vincent Erle.
As with all other Gallipoli deaths without a known grave, Brinkman is recorded on the memorial at Lone Pine.
(NAA B2455-3124296)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes
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