James Albert BRINSMEAD

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BRINSMEAD, James Albert

Service Number:	3471
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Vic., 1895
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Marist Brothers College Bendigo
Occupation:	Battery Employee
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3471, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3471, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3471, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mary and the late Hugh BRINSMEAD, 104 Richardson Street, Albert Park, Victoria

To inform Mrs. M. Brinsmead, of 22 Moran-street, Bendigo, that her youngest son, Private Albert J. Brinsmead, had died from wounds received whilst fighting in France, on 30th November, was the sad task of the Rev. Father Rooney yesterday. The deceased soldier is the second son to give his life in the Empire's cause. Private Brinsmead left Australia on 27th December, 1915, and was 21 years old. At the time of his death he was in the 57th Battalion. Prior to enlisting, he worked at the Great Extended Hustler's battery.

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