BROOK, Frank Richmond
Service Number: | 989 |
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Enlisted: | 9 September 1916 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Richmond, 18 February 1884 |
Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | Mr Leonard's Old College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 4 July 1918, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 111, Row C, Grave 3 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edwardstown District WW1 Roll of Honor, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, S.A.R. Engineering Branch Midland System Roll of Honour, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 989, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 989, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
9 Sep 1916: | Enlisted | |
7 Nov 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Distinguished and Gallant Services and devotion to duty in the Field, during the period 26/2/17 to 20/9/17. Supplement, No. 30448, 28 December 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No.57, 18 April 1918 | |
24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
4 Jul 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John Brook and Edith Searcy; husband of Jean Brook nee Hopkins.
Brother of James Walter Brook, Charlotte Mary Brook, Hirst Way Brook, Edith May Brook, Florence Ade Brook, Reginald William Foster Brook, Dorothey Martha Brook, Thomas Roffe Brook
28 March 1906 - Frank married Jean Hopkins in the Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace , Adelaide
4 July 1917 - wounded in action, gunshot wound to the right buttock
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal