Regimental number | 5 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Beachport, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 180 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Anna Wilson, Beachport, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Navy. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 27.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Heilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 32), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 120 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas BRIMAGE, and his wife Anna WILSON, Beachport, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal '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.'
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRIMAGE Harry |