HINKLEY, John
| Service Number: | 5108 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chetwynd, Victoria, Australia, 5 September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salvation Army Officer |
| Died: | Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 5 December 1957, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion, France - GSW shoulder | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion, France - GSW lower jaw | |
| 20 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion, per HT Somerset | |
| 24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5108, 25th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the fifth of nine children of George Thomas Hinkley (born 1844 in Leicestershire, England) and Anna Maria Sims (born 1854 in Gawler, South Australia). Edward - a Labourer - and Anna married in Ganoo Ganoo in Victoria in 1874, and raised their family in the Flinders Region in Victoria.
John was a Salvation Army Officer in Brisbane, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in December 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:5108) with the 25th Infantry Battalion and was WiA on two occasions in France - GSW to his shoulder in 1916 and GSW to his lower jaw in 1917. Brother Thomas served with the New Zealand Expeditionay Force (Service No:24/465) and was KiA in France in 1916. Brothers-in-Law Frederick Walter Johnson (Service No:1675), Alfred Ernest Johnson (Service No:5923), Oscar Joseph Gridley (Service No:370), and Charles Albert Fry (Service No:5336) served in WWI.
In June 1919, following his Discharge in January 1919, John married Henrietta Caroline Johnson (born 1888 in Ipswich, QLD). They settled in Brisbane, where John worked as a Labourer and Carter. They moved to Redcliffe when John retired in 1950 - John died in 1957 and Caroline in 1971.
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