BROCKWAY, Archibald Birt
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Peelton, South Africa, 1 November 1862 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Missionary School West Kent, Kent England |
| Occupation: | Medical Doctor |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 14 October 1943, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, Hospital Transport Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Kanowna, Brisbane | |
| 26 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
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"DR A. B. BROCKWAY DIES AT 81
Dr. A. B, Brockway, whose death occurred on Wednesday at the age of 81, was, until his retirement from practice in 1923, one of Brisbane's best known medical men and public-spirited citizens. Since 1923 he had lived at Margate. Born in South Africa and trained in London, he came to Australia and served as resident surgeon at the Muttaburra Hospital before he started practice at Southport. He then transferred to Wlckham Terrace, where he lived until his retirement. Dr Brockway was keenly interested in amateur athletic pastimes, and was donor of the Brockway Cup for competition in the secondary schools. He was for some time president of the Queensland branch of the British Medical Association. He also was president of the Shakespearean Society, the Brisbane School ot Arts, and the British Empire Association. He was one of the founders of the Royal Queensland Automobile Club, of which he was the first honorary secretary. He was for many years connected with the naval services, and had charge of No. 2 Australian hospital ship for three years (1915-18) during last war.
Under the pen-name of Archibald Birt he wrote two novels, "Castle Cvargas" and "The Locust and the Ladybird," and a number of short stories and verse. He is survived by his second wife and two daughters of his first marriage — Mrs O. P. Hill, of Barcaldine, and Miss Dorothy Brockway, of Wickham Terrace." - from the Brisbane Telegraph 15 Oct 1943 (nla.gov.au)
"OBITUARY DR A. B. BROCKWAY.
Mrs. O. P. Hill (Jnr.) Moonya, received the sad news last week that her father, Dr. A. B. Brockway passed away in Brisbane on 14th October. Deceased was born in South Africa 80 years ago, and came to Australia in 1889. In 1890 he became Medical Officer of the Muttaburra Hospital. Since 1922 he has retired and settled at Redcliffe, where he lived until his death." - from the Longreach Leader 23 Oct 1943 (nla.gov.au)
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