Kenneth Drummond FOOKS

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FOOKS, Kenneth Drummond

Service Numbers:	635, 635A
Enlisted:	11 November 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1891
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman & Packer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1961, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Cairns Boys' State School

World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 635, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 635, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 635, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 3rd Machine Gun Company. The letter A was added to his service number 635A
28 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 635A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Fooks and Elizabeth Fooks nee Robertson of Cairns, QLD

Brother of Helen Gapper Fooks, William Thomas Fooks, William Fooks, Eliabeth Robertson Fooks, Robert Fooks and Amelia Ann Harp Fooks

Prior to enlisting he was serving with the Royal Australian Naval Reserve

Commenced return to Australia on 24 Janaury 1919 aboard HT Delta disemarking on the 13 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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