Harold Lindsay BROOKSBY

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BROOKSBY, Harold Lindsay

Service Number:	3167
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Port MacDonnell, South Australia, 3 September 1895
Home Town:	Penola, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 14 January 1972, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Salisbury Memorial Park, South Australia Interred on the 15 January 1972.General Section B, Grave 383
Memorials:	Penola District WW1 Roll of Honor, Penola Scholars Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA
8 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Karmala, Adelaide
13 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit
Date unknown:	Wounded 3167, 9th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Sinnock Brooksby and Rachel Brooksby nee Corbell of Penola, SA. Brother of Fanny Violet Lilian Patching, Roland Alfred Arthur John Hitchcock Patching, Malcom Hugh Allen Patching, Arnold Leslie John Patching, Daisy Amy May Patching Roy Alfred Patching and Morris Lionel Patching

Husband of Mary Jean Brooksby

Residential address at the time of death was Salisbury, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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