Pockley, Brian Colden Antill

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M.B. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.N. and M.E.F., New Guinea. Enlisting 4th August, 1914, served at the Landing at Kaba Kaul with a detachment from the Naval Reserve n th September. Taking off his Red Cross brassard to protect a wounded prisoner and escort, went, despite warnings, to tend another wounded man without it and while doing so was fired upon. Killed in Action, Kaba Kaul, n th September, 1914

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1890

Birth in St Leonards -- NSW, Australia 4 June 1890
1908

Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1908
1914

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

Military service as Captain at Papua New Guinea --, Papua New Guinea 1 August 1914
1914

Enlisted 4 Aug 1914
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Prevost, Richard Lewis De Tessier
1914

Death in Kaba Kaul -- East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea 11 September 1914

Gender

Male

From the archives

Brian Pockley's grave in Rabaul War Cemetery. Image courtesy Michael Cooper. [ JPG ]

Memorial in Rabaul War Cemetery. Image courtesy Michael Cooper. [ JPG ]

Rabaul War Cemetery. Image courtesy Michael Cooper. [ JPG ]

Memorial detail in Rabaul War Cemetery. Image courtesy Michael Cooper. [ JPG ]

Portrait of Brian Colden Antill POCKLEY [ jpg ]

Portrait of Dr Brian Colden Antill Pockley [ jpg ]

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