BROOKS, Harold Spencer
| Service Number: | 6473 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hermies British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 6473, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, SN 6473, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Harold Spencer BROOKS was born in 1892 in Colac, Victoria
His parents were George William BROOKS and Martha Jane JENKINS
The family moved to Cootamundra in NSW at some stage
He enlisted with the 2nd Infantry Battalion on 3rd July, 1916
Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic
Harold was Killed in Action on 9th April, 1917 in France
Buried in British Cemetery, Hermies, France
His brother Stanley BROOKS S/N 5556 - 18th Battalion was also killed in action
OBITUARY - The Cootamundra Herald - 1st May, 1917
THE LATE PRIVATE HAROLD BROOKS
Memorial Service at the Methodist Church. A touching Obituary
There was a crowded congregation at the Methodist Church on Sunday night... The pulpit was draped with the Union Jack and the Austtralian flag and in the centre of the wreath was the photo of the young Cootamundra hero to whom so many assembled to pay honour
The whole service was appropriate & impressive. The Rev. Wallace Deane gave a fine address upon vicarious sacrifice taking as his text from John ? The good shephered giveth his life for his sheep
The preacher eulogised the many who had bravely gone to the front at the call of duty . Some stayed behind in order to step into soft billots vacated here. It was blood money. The position and comforts thus obtained were stained. However such people he was glad to say were fewer and fewer.
To the brave ones they said " All honour to them"