Charles BROOKS

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Service Number:	1888
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Quorn Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 10), Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, April 1916
13 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1888, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1888, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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His cousin, William John Taylor of the 27th Battalion was captured at Flers on 5 November 1916 and died whilst a prisoner of war.