David Clive Critchley HINDER (1910

David Clive Critchley HINDER (1910 - 1989)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	David Clive Critchley HINDER (1910 - 1989) + Living	Henry Vincent Critchley HINDER (1865 - 1913)	Edward R HINDER

			Sophia (HINDER)

		Enid Marguerite POCKLEY (1879 - 1970)	Robert Francis POCKLEY (1823 - 1892)	Robert POCKLEY
				Sarah Ann (POCKLEY)
			Selina Elizabeth ANTILL (1837 - 1924)	Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)
				Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858)

b. 1910 at Ashfield, NSW, Australia

m. Living Living or Recently Deceased

d. 1989 aged 79

Near Relatives of David Clive Critchley HINDER (1910 - 1989)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Edward R HINDER
Grandmother	Sophia (HINDER)
Grandfather	Robert Francis POCKLEY	1823	London, Middlesex, England	1892	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	69
Grandmother	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87

Father	Henry Vincent Critchley HINDER	1865	Windsor, NSW, Australia	1913	Summer Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia	48
Step Father	Frederick Robert HOLLOWAY	1872	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	1951	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	79
Mother	Enid Marguerite POCKLEY	1879		1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	91

Self	David Clive Critchley HINDER	1910	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1989		79

Wife	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother	Maxwell Critchley HINDER	1902	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1976		74
Brother	Eric H C HINDER	1905	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1905	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	0
Brother	Francis Henry Critchley HINDER	1906	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1992		86
Half Sister	Living or Recently Deceased
Half Sister	Marjorie Critchley Vincent HINDER	1893	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1978	Killara, New South Wales, Australia	85
Half Sister	Ethel C HINDER	1895	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1895	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	0
Brother	Henry C HINDER	1899	Ashfield, NSW, Australia
Sister	Lorna Kathleen Critchley HINDER	1899		1975	NSW, Australia	76

Uncle	Robert Fulcher POCKLEY	1855	NSW, Australia	03 Jan 1860	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	5
Uncle	Francis Antill (Frank) POCKLEY	1857	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1941	Hornsby, NSW, Australia	84
Aunt	Helen Clara HOOKE	1860	Balmain, NSW, Australia	1932	Wamberal, NSW, Australia	72
Uncle	Arthur Bingham POCKLEY	1859	NSW, Australia	26 Jan 1860	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1
Aunt	Alice Isabel (Ella) POCKLEY	1861		1944	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	83
Uncle	Henry (Harry) Richardson POCKLEY	1863	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	19 Aug 1926	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	63
Aunt	Rosalie Gertrude PARRY-OKEDEN	1875	Queensland, Australia	1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	75
Aunt	Florence Augusta POCKLEY	1866	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1945	Mosman, NSW, Australia	79
Uncle	Frederick William REEVE
Aunt	Ethel Ernestine (Esther) POCKLEY	1868	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	abt 1895		27
Uncle	Henry Vincent Critchley HINDER	1865	Windsor, NSW, Australia	1913	Summer Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia	48
Uncle	Norman Vanderbyl POCKLEY	1870	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1910	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	40
Aunt	Florence May WADDY	1877	Carcoar, NSW, Australia	1935	Bridgewater, England	58
Aunt	Kathleen Mabel POCKLEY	1872	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1959	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Uncle	Edward Archer CLIVE	1867	Devon, England	1952	Ceylon	85
Aunt	Edith Muriel (Gill) (twin) POCKLEY	1873	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1952	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	79
Uncle	Eustace Mitford (twin) POCKLEY	1873	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	21 Nov 1874	St. Leonards, NSW, Australia	1
Uncle	Harold Campbell POCKLEY	19 Nov 1874	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1941	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	67
Aunt	Jeannie Rose TURNER			1950	Mosman, NSW, Australia
Uncle	Eric Osbaldiston POCKLEY	1876	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	80
Aunt	Aileen Ann ROLFE
Aunt	Helen Marjorie POCKLEY	1882	Picton, NSW, Australia	1974	NSW, Australia	92
Uncle	George Johnstone (Jimmy) KNOWLES	1887		1954	Pymble, Sydney, NSW, Australia	67

Cousin	Phyllis Mary Antill POCKLEY	1886	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1929	Malta	43
Cousin	Francis Guy Antill POCKLEY	1888	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1969	Goulburn, NSW, Australia	81
Cousin	Brian Golden Antill POCKLEY	1890	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1914	New Guinea	24
Cousin	John Graham Antill POCKLEY	1891	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1918	France	27
Cousin	Helen Dorothy Antill POCKLEY	1895	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1963	Moss Vale, Bowral, NSW, Australia	68
Cousin	Robert Okeden POCKLEY	1903		1913	Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia	10
Cousin	Dorothy Okeden POCKLEY	1904
Cousin	David Okeden POCKLEY	1906
Cousin	Elizabeth Rosalie Oakden POCKLEY	1909		1997		88
Cousin	Ruth Okeden POCKLEY	1912
Cousin	Kathleen Fulcher REEVE	1902	Annandale, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Ethel Antill REEVE	1904	Annandale, NSW, Australia	1972		68
Cousin	Frederick Aidan REEVE	1907	Annandale, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Marjorie Critchley Vincent HINDER	1893	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1978	Killara, New South Wales, Australia	85
Cousin	Ethel C HINDER	1895	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1895	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Henry C HINDER	1899	Ashfield, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Lorna Kathleen Critchley HINDER	1899		1975	NSW, Australia	76
Cousin	Maxwell Critchley HINDER	1902	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1976		74
Cousin	Eric H C HINDER	1905	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1905	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Francis Henry Critchley HINDER	1906	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1992		86
Cousin	David Clive Critchley HINDER	1910	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1989		79
Cousin	Richard Vanderbyl POCKLEY	1906	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	1992		86
Cousin	Edward Vanderbyl Waddy POCKLEY	1909	Ashfield, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Enid Kathleen Somerset CLIVE	1910	Ashfield, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Theo POCKLEY
Cousin	Robert Campbell POCKLEY	1902	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	1974		72
Cousin	Marcia Jean Campbell POCKLEY	1903	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Harold Graham POCKLEY	1913		1945		32

Sister in Law	Frederica Helen Mayes (Nell) SAWYER	1904	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1980	NSW, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Victoria Johnstone TURNER
Sister in Law	Margel Ina HARRIS	1906
Brother in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Burton Gregory WADE	1891	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	1960	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	69
Brother in Law	Lionel Arthur KRONE	1897

Events in David Clive Critchley HINDER (1910 - 1989)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1910		David Clive Critchley HINDER was born	Ashfield, NSW, Australia	Note 1	17
1913	3	Death of father Henry Vincent Critchley HINDER (aged 48)	Summer Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	17, 60
1951	41	Death of step father Frederick Robert HOLLOWAY (aged 79)	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	Note 3	60
1970	60	Death of mother Enid Marguerite POCKLEY (aged 91)	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4	17
1989	79	David Clive Critchley HINDER died

Note 1: 23446/1910 HINDER DAVID C HENRY V ENID M ASHFIELD

4 Aug 1910 -m Summer Hill, NSW

Note 2: 10921/1913 HINDER HENRY V C EDWARD R SOPHIA ASHFIELD

Sydney Morning Herald 16 Sept 1913
AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL.

Dr. H. Critchley Hinder, who died at his residence, Summer Hill, on Sunday, was buried at St. John's Cemetery, Gordon, yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of mourners.

The medical profession predominated, most of the well-known physicians and surgeons of Sydney being present to pay their last tribute to a surgeon who, though only 48 years of age, had long been in the front rank of his profession. Unusually large numbers of wreaths were sent by friends and relations and by representatives of the various institutions with which the deceased was connected.

The cortege left deceased's late residence, Carleton, Liverpool-road, Summer Hill, at 2 o'clock, arriving at Gordon at half-past 4. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. F. W. Reeve, of St. Luke's, Mosman, a brother-in-law of deceased, assisted by the Rev. R. R. King, of Gordon.

The chief mourners were Dr. W. S. Hinder and Mr. R. J. Hinder (brothers), Mr. Brian Pockley and Mr. Basil Jones (nephews). Dr. Antill Pockley and Dr. Eric Pock- ley (brothers-in-law). Representing the University senate were Dr. Cecil Pur- ser, Professor Anderson Stuart, and Mr. H. E. Barff (Registrar). Representing the council of the British Medical Association were Dr. Sydney Jamieson (president), Dr. Crago, Dr. Clarence Read, Dr. Lipscombe, and Dr. J. A. Dick. The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was represented by Dr. Foreman, Dr. A. E. Mills, Dr. G. E. Rennie, Dr. G. H. Abbott, Dr. Sharp, Dr. Molesworth, Dr. Ne- ville Davis, Dr. F. P. Sandes, Dr. Hereschel Harris, Mr. W. Epps (secretary), Mr. H. E. Kater, M.L.C, (hon. treasurer). Dr. Lidwell, Dr. Flashman, Dr. Chapman, Dr. Schlink, Dr. Jas. Dawson, Dr. Russell Nolan, Dr. Mac- pherson, Dr. Colin Ross, and Dr, Maguire. Representing Sydney Hospital were Dr. Jamieson, Dr. E. Jenkins, Dr. Worrall, and Dr. Bullock. Dr. C. P. B. Clubbe repre- sented the Royal Alexandra Children's Hos- pital; Dr. Poate represented the University Medical Society; Mr D. Williams represented the Sydney University Lawn Tennis Club; Mr. W. H. Steele (president) represented the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital; and Mr. H. C. Morgan the Automobile Club of Australia.

Others present were:—Sir Alexander Mac- Cormack, Dr. Scot Skirving, Dr. S. Sheldon, Dr. P. M. Wood, Dr. Chisholm Ross, Dr. Whiteman, Dr. Kane, Dr. Harvison, (Cooma), Dr. Jas. Lamrock, Dr. Percy Wall, Dr. Clatworthy, Dr. F. Brierley, Dr. Prevost, Dr. Harold Browne, Dr. H. L. Kerr, Dr. Thane, Dr. Blackwood, Dr. Allan, Dr. Ken Smith, Dr. M'Cullock, Dr. West, Dr. M'Kelvey, Dr. A. Aspinall, Dr. Tudor Jones, Dr. J. Morton, Dr. Hetherington, Dr. H. H. Lee, Dr. Kain, Dr. Molesworth, Dr. Dight (Scone), Dr. R. E. Woolnough, Dr, Granville Sharp, Dr. Furnival, Dr. Reg. Bowman, Dr. Basil Jones, Dr. Bowen Thomas, Dr. J. I. C. Cosh, Dr. Kearney, Dr. Halse Rogers, Dr. E. C. Chisholm, Dr. Moseley, Dr. Dansey, Al- derman Algie (Mayor of Ashfield), Rev. E. S. Waddy, Rev. J. E. Moulton, Rev. F. Colwell, Rev. J. E. Carruthers, and Messrs. Geo. Robertson, A. Crane, J. M .Bon- thorne, T. F. Graham Pockley, Harris (Auto- mobile Club), R. T. Baker (Technological Museum), Geo. F. Gifford (Public Library), A. G. Ralston, C. M. Palmer, E. H. T. Rus- sell, A. J. Brierley, A. E. A'Beckett, Herbert Hudson, W. C. Wilkinson, B. M'Kenzie, E. Moser, G. D. Goddard, C. Minter, E. A. Hol- den, G. H. Pike, John Kidd, M. A. Traill, R. H. Bode, T. A. Melrose, E. Antill. J. G. Edwards, A. Reeve, R. Stanton, J. S. Chap- man, R. J. Anderson, Keith Brown, and Tedbar Johnson; and the following medi- cal students attended:—Messrs. A. C. A. Jekyll, N. M. Gregg, S. M. Graham, R. B. Carter, R. E. Nowland, C. J. Wiley, R. J. Taylor, B. G. Wade, C. J. Tozer, J. L. Digby, J. Anderson, C. K. Parkinson, B. C. A. Pock- ley, W. R. Page, J. C. Lamrock, E. P. Dark, R. B, Trindall, S. W. Ratcliffe, C. Davidson, B. M. Carruthers, R. Martin, C. Farran Ridge, J. Steward, H. A. Ridler, A. Deane, A. C. Thomas, R .C. Winn, H. L. St. Vincent Welch, and K. S. M. Browne.

Note 3: Sydney Morning Herald 29 May 1951
HOLLOWAY, Frederick Robert May 27, 1951, at his residence, Gordon, beloved husband of Enid and father of Nancy (Mrs. Gill)

HOLLOWAY, Frederlck Robert May 27, 1951 (formerly of Narrandera) brother of Florence. Eva (Mrs Davidson), and Spencer.

Note 4: 24 July 1970, St leonards

28740/1970 HOLLOWAY ENID MARGUERITE ROBERT SELINA ST LEONARDS

Personal Notes:

http://www.pows-of-japan.net/articles/40.htm
Captain David Clive Critchley Hinder (NX76302)
2/19 Battalion – Thailand- Japan

David Hinder was born in Summer Hill, Sydney 4 August 1910. His secondary education was at Shore Grammar School, Sydney from 1926 to 1928. He left school at 16 years with the intention of going on the land. Some years later he decided to study medicine. Following further study he went to Medical School and graduated in 1939. He was a big-framed man and was a good tennis player.

On 5 November 1940 after a year of residency at Royal Prince Alfred hospital he enlisted into the AIF and was allocated to the Australian Army Medical Corps. In September 1941 he moved to Singapore with the 2/13 Australian General Hospital and was later attached to the 2/19 Battalion. He was with that unit when capitulation took place on 15 February 1942.

In March 1943 Captain Hinder was one of six Australian Medical Officers who were sent to Thailand as part of “D” Force. The others were Major Alan Hazelton, Captains Dick Parker, Reg Wright, Phil Millard, Ian Duncan and a dentist Jim Finimore. “D” Force was a force of 5,000, made up of approx 2,800 British and 2,200 Australians. Within “D” Battalion he was allocated to “U” Battalion, which was commanded by Captain (Roaring Reg) Newton. “U” Battalion was moved through Kamburi (Kanchanaburi) north to Tarsao. It would be difficult to positively identify where David worked. “U” Battalion was worked along the line as far North as a camp called Rintin 180 Km up the line. It is said that “U” Batallion had a low mortality rate and this is attributed to the leadership of Captain Reg Newton and the care of the medical officer David Hinder and his team of medical orderlies. They were under the control of Hiromatsu Sojo (called “Tiger”). Hiromatsu was in charge of “U” Battalion and later also in command of POWs en route to Japan on board the “Byoki Maru”. The voyage took 70 days and is a story in itself.

When the line was finished it is known he was at a hospital camp Tamuang and it was here that the party of POWs going to Japan was assembled. It is also known that three medical officers of “D” Force went to Japan. They were David and Captains Dick Parker and Ian Duncan. In Japan he was in POW Camps at Yaminie and Nihama.

Jack Boon (2/20 Battalion) was with “D” Force. He remembers Captain Hinder doing two appendectomies. One was on a Jap. He also recalls one arm amputation. David may have worked with fellow POW Medical Officer Captain Dick Parker on the odd occasion.

Jim Elliott (2/4 Machine Gun Battalion) was also with “D” Force and also with David Hinder in Japan. Jim Elliott says, “ David Hinder managed to convince a Jap medical officer that I had pneumonia- told him this man will die if his chest is not drained. Two days later I was taken to a civilian hospital, where a tube was inserted into my back by a Japanese surgeon. Dr Hinder stood at the head of the operating table and comforted me. There was no anaesthetic. Back at camp, he visited me every day and examined my wound. He was on the same ship as me on the way home after the war and went out of his way to look me up and see if I had recovered.”

Frank Baker (2/20 Bn) was with David on the Burma Thailand Railway (D Force) and Japan. For part of the time Frank carried out medical orderly duties. Of David, he says “Very down to earth - matter of fact gentleman. Also witty.” Frank said David carried medical books with him and frequently referred to them when concerned about his patients. Frank was involved in the situation when the Jap commandant demoted David. (See detail in story by Charles Edwards below).

Ray Denny (the late) in his book “The Long way Home” mentions that Captains (medical officers) David Hinder and Dick Parker were on the Byoki Maru for it’s dreadful 70-day journey to Japan. He says, “ Doc Hinder, with whom I worked, was so thin he could hardly get around the ship”. Ray Denny also mentions that in Japan at Nihama Camp he worked with Doc Hinder and a Bert Adams (captured in Timor February 42 and in civilian street, a train driver Sydney to Melbourne line). At war’s end supplies were parachuted into the camp. In it was a bottle labeled PENICILLIN SODIUM. None of them knew what it was. Doc decided to give it to a very sick patient. He soon improved.

Charles Edwards (2/19 Bn) Charles is an unashamed fan of David Hinder and has been pressing me to write of this wonderful Medical Officer. When in Thailand “D” Force “U” Battalion was commanded by Captain (later Major) Reg Newton. The death rate in this battalion was less than most others. Charles attributes this to the Newton/Hinder team. He says this about David Hinder. “ He was a very good doctor and was affectionately called “Doc” by all who had cause to go to him, and that was just about everyone. The Jap in charge of their detail was Hiromatsu Sojo known as “Tiger” by the Prisoners. Charles recounts this incident in Thailand, “Doc had displeased Tiger over a trivial incident (details not recalled), so Tiger demoted Doc to Sergeant (banished him to work in the kitchen) and promoted medical Sergeant Frank Baker (see above) to Captain medical officer. This went on for about a week, when Tiger went to the Doc for a bit of minor surgery. Doc told him sergeants weren’t permitted to operate and told him to go and see Captain Baker. The ranks were immediately reversed.”

The following is an extract from the wonderful eulogy for Captain David Hinder. -
“His absolute disregard for his personal welfare, comfort and physical safety; his unbelievable patience, his evenness of balance, perseverance and capacity for clear thought, logic, reasoning and self sacrifice made him a by-word of never being at a loss nor becoming flustered despite beatings and bashings. An entertainer and mimic went to War but a quieter, more reflective and private man came home”.

Post war he did some time in General Practice then went into ophthalmology. He continued to work for his ex POWs and had filing cabinets at his home full of correspondence with the Veteran Affairs Department.

He passed away on 2 January 1989 aged 78 years.

Quote by David Hinder –“I am a forth generation Australian and I have never been so proud of being one, before and since, as I was when a POW of the Japanese, for as you know, our boys were on their own.”

Article written by Lt Col Peter Winstanley OAM RFD (Retired) JP
email peterwinstanley@bigpond.com website www.pows-of-japan.net
I would like to acknowledge the assistance of Charles Edwards, Jim Elliott, Frank Baker, Jack Boon, the late Ray Denney and Dr Eric Hinder.

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: 15909/1947 HINDER DAVID CLIVE CRITCHLEY MORGAN LAURICE ALBERTA SYDNEY

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 23446/1910 HINDER DAVID C HENRY V ENID M ASHFIELD

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