BROOKE, Vivian Cyril
| Service Number: | 98 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Town, Tasmania, Australia, June 1887 |
| Home Town: | New Town, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Friends' High School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row G, Grave No. 20, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Buckingham Rowing Club HR, Hobart Roll of Honour, North Hobart Friends' School Honour Roll, Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 98, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 98, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 98, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 98, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Imprisoned ANZAC / Gallipoli, Sustained shrapnel wounds to (left clavicle and kidneys). Was captured by Turks, operated on at Turkish Hospital 4 May 1915 however died of wounds same day. Buried in Christian cemetery at Bigha. Re-interred post war. | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 98, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 98 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-29 |
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Vivian Cyril Brooke, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Bank clerk, from New Town in Hobart, Tasmania, was the son of Robert Parkinson and Sarah Amy Beaumont Brooke. He was well known in his hometown as an amateur athlete, footballer and cricketer and enlisted in the 12th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 20 August 1914. Brooke was among the first ashore at Gallipoli at 4.30 am on 25 April 1915.
It was reported in official AIF correspondence that he was in an advancing line of about 20 men in the region of Whites Gully on the day after the landing at Gallipoli. The enemy was making an attack on this group from the rear and a retreat was decided on, but Brooke refused to retire. He was wounded, captured and taken as a prisoner of war (POW) to Maidos (now Eceabat). A few days after his arrival he was injured further when the British Navy bombarded the town. The hospital was destroyed, killing many of the wounded soldiers held prisoner there. Brooke survived the shelling and was transferred with another Australian POW to the town of Bigha across the Dardanelles.
He died from his injuries and was buried in the Christian Cemetery at Bigha, Turkey. The last letter and postcard written to Brooke by his mother was returned to her as undelivered. It did not reach him before he was killed. Brooke's body was disinterred after the war, and he was buried just above the point where the first Australians came ashore on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
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