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BROOKE, Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3706 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Wortley, Sheffield, Yorkeshire, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Wondai, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Wortley National School, Sheffield, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 10 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3706, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 3706, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 3706, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Hessen, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, In the field | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 3706, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3706 awm_unit: 1st Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-10 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 Years
Next of kin listed as his Aunt, Martha Brooke of 11 Highfield Terrace, Bardsley, Ashton-under-Tyne, England. His Uncle, W. George Burkinshaw had previously been notified as his next of kin
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal