Regimental number | 36867 |
Place of birth | Hotspur, Victoria |
School | State School No 1260, Hotspur, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Balldale, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Father, John H Brindley, Balldale, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 29 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/128/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A15 Port Sydney on |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Tincourt 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 connections | Brothers: 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 |