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John Herbert BRINDLEY

Regimental number36867
Place of birthHotspur, Victoria
SchoolState School No 1260, Hotspur, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBalldale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, John H Brindley, Balldale, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 29
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A15 Port Sydney on 9 November 1917
FateKilled in Action 24 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTincourt New British Cemetery (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Memorial Plantation Hotspur Avenue of Avenue, Victoria. Parents: John and Sarah BRINDLEY, Balldale, New South Wales. Born at Hotspur, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 84 Sergeant Hugh McDermott BRINDLEY, 37th Bn, killed in action, 12 October 1917; 36868 Gunner William Key BRINDLEY, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919; 85 Lance Corporal Thomas BRINDLEY, 38th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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