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BRIMAGE, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 February 1889 |
| Home Town: | Beachport, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 November 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 32, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beachport WW1 & WW2 Memorial Rotunda, Millicent War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Bomb wounds to the left thigh | |
| 19 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-09 | |
| 5 Dec 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: At Flers on the night of 5th/6th November, 1916, Sergeant Brimage displayed conspicuous bravery under fire in reconnoitring a position to which a party under his charge and attached to 14th Field Company Engineers had been ordered to go. He led the party there an subsequently went back and brought along two of the party who were stuck in the mud in "No Man's Land". His calmness in carrying out his work under the enemy's fire had a great moral effect on his men. He was afterwards wounded. | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Brimage and Anna Wilson
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Had previously served in the Navy
Biography contributed
Biography written by Cassidy Hamilton-Smith, Kingston Community College SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2020 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.
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