BRINE, Kenneth Alfred Leith
| Service Number: | S114786 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 March 1941, Kensington, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Central School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Bag Merchant |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 15 March 1987, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, S114786 | |
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| 5 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Kensington, SA | |
| 5 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S114786 | |
| 19 Mar 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
One of four brothers and numersous cousins to serve in WWII, Private Kenneth Alfred Leith Brine (Service No:S114786) enlisted for duty with the ACMF on 5 March 1941, commencing FTD on 15 March 1943, following Hardship Exemptions (sole support of widowed mother and family, and manager of family business). Private Brine was attached to Infantry Training Battalions (2, 14, 19 and 23), and was attached to New Guinea Details Depot when he embarked with his Unit from Brisbane for Lae on board SS Taroona on 29 June 1945. Returning from New Guinea on 9 March 1946, Private Brine was attached to New Guinea Details Depot (Staff) at Discharge on 19 March 1946.
Mick was born in Prospect, South Australia in 1914, third of seven children of Thomas Alfred Brine (b1888 in Napperby, South Australia) and Edith (Edie) May Kempster (b1888 in Kadina, South Australia). Thomas (a Labourer) and Edie (a Domestic Servant with an infant son) married in 1910 in Thebarton in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Thomas worked as a Labourer, Motor Driver, Factory Worker and Bag Dealer.
Mick first worked as a Motor Driver before running the family Bag Dealer (Brine Merchants) business from 1940 when his father died. In 1942 in Adelaide, he married Dorothy Jean Murcott (b1921 in Adelaide, South Australia). Mick and Dorothy settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Mick was a Bag Merchant. Mick died in 1987 and Dorothy in 2022.
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