VAN BRUMMELEN, Hein De Groot
Service Number: | 11938 |
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Enlisted: | 18 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Supply Column |
Born: | Klerksdorp, South Africa, 1894 |
Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
Died: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia. Interred on 3 November 1965. Now expired. |
Memorials: | Lysterfield Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
18 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11938, 3rd Division Supply Column , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 11938, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 11938, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
15 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 11938, 3rd Division Supply Column , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to fractured patella |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Van Brummelen and Susannah Marie Johanna Bremmelen nee Licas of Ddandenong, Victoria. Brother of Peter Van Bremmelen who commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 having served with the 29th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia aboard HT Runic disembarking on 13 Februry 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Hein married Elvie Watkins in Victoria