Pinhey, Eustace Townley

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O.B.E., M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France and England. Enlisting as lieutenant and sailing 23rd March, 1915, served as R.M.O. 78th Field Artillery Brigade for twelve months, though slightly gassed in Ypres salient 19th December. Then was Surgeon Specialist, Bethnal Green Military Hospital till demobilisation in England. Mentioned in Despatches twice and congratulated by letters from Major-General Pilcher, H.Q., 17th Division, for excellent and gallant work in Ypres salient. Freeman of the City of London. Early education at Sydney High School.

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1877

Birth in Glebe -- NSW, Australia 8 September 1877
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Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1905

Awarded Silver Medal Royal Shipwreck Relief & Humane Society 1905
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Resident Medical Officer at Camperdown -Royal Prince Alfred Hospital- NSW, Australia 1914
1916

Demobilised 23 Mar 1916
1921

Medical Officer at Bow -- East London, England 1921
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Medical Superintendent at St Pancras -- London, England
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Medical Superintendent at London -Mile End-, England
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Enlisted
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Military service as Captain at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
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Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire
1945

Death in Balham -St James' Hospital- London, England 23 April 1945

Gender

Male

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