Lawrence Frederick BROOKSBY

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BROOKSBY, Lawrence Frederick

Service Numbers:	1942, 1942A
Enlisted:	5 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Port MacDonnell, South Australia, 16 July 1896
Home Town:	Port MacDonnell, Grant, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laborer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 25 July 1970, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic C, Path CB, Grave 139 Interred on 28 July 1970. Internment number 1020371 which expires on 19 March 2112
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1942, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA
10 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 1942, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 1942, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 9th Light Horse Regiment. Attached to 52 Battery
25 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Saddler, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 14 Field Artillery Brigade. Letter 'A' added to his service number now 1942A
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement 1942
22 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1942A, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit
Date unknown:	Wounded 1942, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Andrew Brooksby and Alice Augusta Brooksby nee Gilpin of Port MacDonnell, SA. Brother of Maude Louisa Alice Brooksby, Leslie Claude Brooksby, Hurtle Andrew Brooksby and Sylvia Beryl Brooksby

Husband of Kathleen Ellen Brooksby nee Canavan. Father of Netta Brooksby, Neville Brooksby, Joan Brooksby and Elizabeth Brooksby

At the time his death his address was Myrtle Bank, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire diesembarking on the 26 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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