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FOOKS, Frederick George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 20193 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Dorsett, England, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Cemetery area N. |
| Memorials: | Woodford Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20193, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20193, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20193, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20193, Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic Bronchitis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Felix George Fooks and Emma Louisa Fooks nee Masters formerly of Dorset, England
Husband of Martha Georgina Fooks nee Breadsell of Cowley Street, South Brisbane
Father of Lillian Edwina Fooks, Henry William Fooks, Dorothy Amelia Fooks, Felix Arthur Fooks, Ernest Alfred Fooks and Frederick George Fooks
Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medal: British War Medal