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BROOKSBY, Harold Lindsay
Service Number: | 3167 |
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Enlisted: | 2 October 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Port MacDonnell, South Australia, 3 September 1895 |
Home Town: | Penola, Wattle Range, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 14 January 1972, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Salisbury Memorial Park, South Australia Interred on the 15 January 1972.General Section B, Grave 383 |
Memorials: | Penola District WW1 Roll of Honor, Penola Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA | |
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8 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Karmala, Adelaide | |
13 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit | |
Date unknown: | Wounded 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Sinnock Brooksby and Rachel Brooksby nee Corbell of Penola, SA. Brother of Fanny Violet Lilian Patching, Roland Alfred Arthur John Hitchcock Patching, Malcom Hugh Allen Patching, Arnold Leslie John Patching, Daisy Amy May Patching Roy Alfred Patching and Morris Lionel Patching
Husband of Mary Jean Brooksby
Residential address at the time of death was Salisbury, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal