Profile

ASPINALL, Brian Cyril
(Service number 6608)

Aliases
First Rank	Private; Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/10/1891	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	30 May 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	C/o Mrs Mary NOTT, 56 York Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Warehouseman
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Gregson ASPINALL (father), Temuka
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Australian Imperial Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	8th Field Ambulance
Date	10 November 1915
Transport	Ascanuis
Embarked From	Melbourne, Australia	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

Mentioned in Despatches - Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 57, 18 April 1918

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Wounded, gunshot wound, gas severe, April 1918

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Brian Cyril ASPINALL was a son of William Gregson and Caroline Helen (nee NANTES) ASPINALL, of Temuka. He resigned from the New Zealand Territorial Force as 2nd Lieutenant in December 1913 and moved to Sydney, Australia. His brother William Denys ASPINALL (Denys) was killed in action in 1917. Three other brothers also served in WWI - Guy, Lancelot and Victor Ian (Ian).

Sources

Cenotaph Database [07 June 2014]

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