Vernon Thomas BROOKES

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BROOKES, Vernon Thomas

Service Number:	389
Enlisted:	17 October 1914, Enlisted at Orbost
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Smearton State School; Ballarat High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	School Master
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial, Grave 5 Headstone inscription reads:Duty always Commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballarat High School's Peacock Hall , No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 389, Enlisted at Orbost
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 389, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 389, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert Thomas and Agnes Brookes of 3 Fern Avenue, Windsor, Victoria formerly of Ballarat. Brother of Leslie Robert Brookes MID who returned to Australia on 20 December 1918 having served with the 21st Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Roll of Honour Circular mentiions how he rode his horse for 60 miles from Wrangrabelle to Orbost to enlist

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