BRINKLEY, John
| Service Number: | 1786 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1963, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-21. 65. |
| Memorials: | Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1786, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1786, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1786, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1786, 34th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Private John William Hammond Brinkley (born 1881 Newcastle, New South Wales, carter from Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, enlisted 5.3.1916, 34th Battalion, Reg No-1786, RTA 21.3.1918, died 17.7.1963, age 81, not officially commemorated) resting same location. ANGLICAN 1-21. 65.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
- full biography
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
61 years ago today, on the 31st July 1963, Private John William Hammond Brinkley, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1786), carter and Newcastle Baths caretaker, from 93 Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 81. ANGLICAN 1-21. 65. Never married.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 29th November 1881 to Jonathan (Johathon), died 11.5.1925, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 71, buried at ANGLICAN 1-21. 63, from 93 Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, and Rosette (Rosetta) Brinkley nee Swinden, died 5.4.1941, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 84?, mother of 7, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-21. 63, from from 93 Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, John enlisted on the 5th March 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on the 4th September 1916.
Admitted to hospital 8.8.1917 (not stated).
Wounded in action - 29.5.1917 (not stated, remained on duty), 30.9.1917 (GSW, compound fracture right clavicle, severe).
Commenced return to Australia 30.1.1918.
John arrived home on the 21st March 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 19th April 1918.
Mr. Brinkley’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
No headstone.
Name on kerbing.
Wooden cross erected - 4.7.2014.
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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