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BROOKES, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2603 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lancashire, England, 11 January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Glycerine Maker |
| Died: | Stroke, Fremantle Western Australia, 11 March 1954, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Anglian 0359 |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2603, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2603, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Transferred from 28th Battalion on March 3, 1916 to 51st Battalion, 2nd Division on the "doubling of the AIF" at Tel-El-Kabir in Egypt. | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2603, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, Involvement in 51st Battalion's attack on Mouquet Farm where he suffered severe gunshot wound to LH arm/hand. Evacuated to England. |
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