BRINKWORTH, Frederick Lancelot
| Service Number: | 1660 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915, Keswick South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Adelaide South Australia Australia, 24 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mintaro State School, Mintaro, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm hand (death cert); Blacksmith (embarkation roll - prior to enlistment) |
| Died: | Wounded in action - Gunshot would to abdomen and lacerated left arm (26 years old), France, 8 May 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Grevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 1), 1 ¼ miles west of Albert Bapaume Area, France. Frederick Lancelot Brinkworth's name is located at panel 25 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT. , Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare WW1 Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick South Australia Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1660, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1660, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1660 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-05-08 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Described as Single; 23yrs of age at enlistment; Presbyterian; 5’ 9” tall; 165 lbs; dark complexion; blue eyes; dark hair.
Father: Joseph William James Brinkworth (deceased) and Mother Agnes Rowe (nee Nelson).
Next of kin:
Mother, Mrs Agnes Rowe and step father Mr W N Rowe, Waiotaki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Sister Mrs M Harrison, Opotiki, New Zealand
Next of kin in forces: nephew: W.J.L. Nelson (killed in Action).
Previously served as Former Sergeant 4th Waitiki Mounted Rifles E Squad; 8 years, still serving (leave of absence)
Apprentice: 3 years to “Rowe” Muntara as a Blacksmith
He was born in Adelaide, and moved to New Zealand with his mother and grew up their becoming a Light Horseman. He returned to Clare, South Australia, in 1914 where he enlisted and travelled overseas and spent time in service in Egypt, Gallipoli and finally France. He was a signaller and a despatcher.
When he enlisted at Keswick, he was ranked as a Private with the 27th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/44/2.
He embarked on 23 June 1915, out of Adelaide on board the HMAT A61 Kanowna
4/9/1915 Embarked to join MEF Gallipoli
27/11-30/12/1915 Admitted to Hospital
4/1/1916 Transferred to o/s base Cairo and admitted to Helouan
5/3/1916 Rejoined battalion in Ismalia
15/3/1916 Proceeded to join BEF in Alexandria
21/3/1916 Disembarked at Marseilles
16-30/12/1916 English Leave in France
17/1/1917 Taken on strength, Sapper, into 2 Divisional Signal Company Australian Engineers in France
7/5/1917 Wounded in Action - Gunshot wound to abdomen and lacerated left arm
8/5/1917 Died of wounds at the No 3. Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France.
Medals:
WW1 Star 1914-15 (22699); British War Medal (15101); Victory medal (15041); Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (323671).
Northern Argus obituary courtesy of Clare Regional History Group Inc.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan 18 June 2014. Lest we forget.
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