Sidney Albert PINKSTONE MC

PINKSTONE, Sidney Albert

    Service Number: 511
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Kensington
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1892
    Home Town: Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Printer
    Died: Natural causes, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1963, aged 71 years
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    Cremated
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington
    1 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    1 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    1 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 511, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    12 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Bomb wound thigh
    14 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    13 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion
    6 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion
    8 Apr 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion, HT Barambah, Plymouth for return to Australia for business reasons - disembarking Melbourne then by rail to Sydney.
    31 Oct 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion, HT Euripides, Sydney - disembarking Devonport, England 26 December 1917
    2 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSW right buttock (severe)
    1 Feb 1919: Honoured Military Cross, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, For gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack at Mont St. Quentin, near Peronne on 1 & 2 September 1918 when the advance was held up by superior enemy numbers and machine guns, and a hap occurred with troops on the flank, he moved his troops to form a defensive flank despite intense artillery and machine gun fire thus securing the attacking units of the brigade and enabling further progress to be made.
    16 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion, HT Czaritza, England for return to Australia, then transshipped at Alexandria on 7 April 1919 to HT Dunluce Castle - disembarking Sydney 18 May 1919.
    17 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 55th Infantry Battalion

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