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BROOKS, Edward Joseph
| Service Number: | 1567 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Millicent, South Australia, 25 February 1889 |
| Home Town: | Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 1971, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rendelsham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1567, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1567, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1567, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 4th Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1567, 4th Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1567 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1567 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward (Ted) Joseph Brooks enlisted in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment from Millicent, South Australia. His parents were Joseph and Bertha Brooks.
In Egypt during early 1916 he transferred to the 4th Division Trench Mortars. He was promoted to Corporal during late 1916 and was wounded at Bullecourt on the 3 May 1917, a day in which his unit lost 27 men killed when their mortar dump was exploded by an enemy shell.
In 1918 he was awarded a Military Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was a member of a trench mortar detachment in action in the village of Villers Bretonneux when on 13 May, 1918, the position was heavily shelled, and a direct hit ignited the ammunition. Corporal Brooks, at great personal risk, worked untiringly until the fire was extinguished. His gallant and timely conduct undoubtedly saved three mortars in position and a quantity of ammunition, and set an excellent example to all present.'
Ted was returned to Australia during late 1919 and in 1925 married Minnie Ethel Bell. They lived at Belgrove for a time by before moving to a soldier settlers farm at Rendelsham, South Australia, where they kept cattle and sheep.
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