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BROOKS, Leslie John
Service Number: | 3920 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, May 1896 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Central State School, Hobart |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3920, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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24 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3920, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3920, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3920, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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The youngest of three brothers and the first to enlist, he served along side his middle Brother Lance Corporal Hector Ernest Brooks also of the 12th Battalion for almost 12 months to the day when he was killed by a shell on the front line at pozieres.
It was common knowledge to the platoon that Leslie John had been killed but no one wanted to inform his brother of his death, as it is documented in the Red Cross wounded and missing files.
Hector Ernest continued to search for his brother for 6 months until he was officially notified of the death.