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FOOKS, Harold Thorp
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 281 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Enlisted as Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchadist |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 281, 5th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted as Sydney, NSW | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 281, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 281, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From the 5th Machine Company | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 281, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John Fooks and Mary Fooks of Kissing Point Road, Emington, NSW. Brother of Herbert R. Fooks, Ada Mary Fooks, William J. Fooks, Edward S. Fooks, Hilda J. Fooks, George William Fooks and Charles Philip Fooks who returned to Australia on 1 January 1919 having served with the Tunnelling Companies
Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 4 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal