Albert Ernest BROOK

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BROOK, Albert Ernest

Service Number:	170
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1880
Home Town:	West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1919, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 7A-131-16
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 170, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 170, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 170, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Albert Ernest Brook enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father Mr. S. Brook, West End. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 20, held by Qld State Archives notes he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. A. Brook, West End.

Albert Ernest Brook was born on 24 May 1880 at Beaudesert, Queensland, a son to Seth Brook and Mary Ann Brook (nee Moore). He married Kathleen Brown on 4 Nov 1903 and they had 7 children. At the time of his passing he was a Dairyman and they were residing at Virginia, Brisbane.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 20; Funeral Notice, The Brisbane Courier, 29 Nov 1919).

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