Horace Clowes Brinsmead MC (2 February 1883 – 11 March 1934) was the Controller of Aviation in Australia between 1920 and 1933.
Recovering in England after an injury in 1916 and after completing an officers course, he served in the Australian Flying Corps at its headquarters in London.
The AFC headquarters was responsible for supervising the Australian Training Wing which was based in England.
In 1931, while travelling to London to negotiate for the establishment of the first air mail route between England and Australia, his plane was destroyed on takeoff at Alor Setar in Malaysia.
This airplane crashed on takeoff at Don Muang Airport in Bangkok on 7 December.