John Brunskill

John Hanfield Brunskill was an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played one match for Ireland [cricket team|Ireland], against the MCC in May 1895. He also played four first-class matches for Dublin University the same year.
After qualifying in medicine from Trinity College he was commissioned into the Royal [Army Medical Corps] He served with bravery in the First World War, receiving a Distinguished Service Order for gallantry. At the end of the war he was medical officer in the allied forces Dunsterforce expedition. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He moved to England following the end of the War, when he also received the OBE, and became a general practitioner in Kingston upon Thames. He married Elizabeth Robinson and had three children Pamela, Sheila and John.