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John William Edward Hinkler (1898 - 1969)

Pvt John William Edward "Jack" Hinkler
Born in Bundaberg, Queensland Australiamap
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Husband of — married 1919 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australiamap
Died at age 71 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australiamap
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Biography

John Hinkler is an Anzac who served in World War One.
John was born in 1898 in Queensland, Australia. He was the second son of John William Hinkler and Frances Atkins Bonney.[1]

John was born in 1898. He joined up for WW1 when he was 18 years. His occupation was a Labourer. He joined the 11th Depot Battalion - 4th Reinf/52nd Australian Infantry Battalion - 2nd Rein/42nd Australian Infantry Battalion. He suffered Trench Fever (gassed) and was transferred from France to field hospitals and then to a hospital in Torquay in 1918.

John, or Jack as he preferred, served in the Australian Imperial Force during the Great War; enlisted 2nd March 1916, returned to Australia 20th December 1918.[2] He was a member of the 42nd Australian Infantry Bn.[3]

He married Kathleen Doris Moore in 1919 in Bundaberg Queensland.[4] He married Kath Doris Moore and had 4 children.

John passed away in 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland.[5]

Sources

  1. Queensland Birth Index #C606/1898
  2. Australian Army service record for 2180 PTE Jack William Hinkler; https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2202364
  3. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51482
  4. Queensland Marriage Index #C1720/1919
  5. Queensland Death Index #B11361/1970
  • Ancestry Family Trees

Australia, Birth Index 1788-1922 Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Research Notes

Death date should be 27th of December 1969

  • Queensland Death Registration:

John William Edward Hinkler Event date: 27/12/1969 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1970/B/11361 Mother: Frances Atkin Bonney Father/parent: John William Hinkler Also death date can be seen on his plaque on "Find a Grave"

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210429043/john_william_edward-hinkler: accessed April 5, 2024), memorial page for PVT John William Edward “Jack” Hinkler (18 Jan 1898–27 Dec 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210429043, citing Albany Creek Memorial Park, Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).




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HINKLER— BOURKE.— The engagement

is announced of Miss Mary Ellen (Nell) Bourke, third Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bourke, Gilbert Road, Grange, to Ronald John Hinkler, Brisbane, elder Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hinkler, Bundaberg. [1] The Courier-Mail Sat 30 May 1942 Page 8 Family Notices

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Hinkler-12 and Hinkler-5 appear to represent the same person because: Just need to sort out the correct death date?