Herbert John BROOKS

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Service Number:	594
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, Surrey, England, 1893
Home Town:	Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 17, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 594, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 594, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 594, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Address at the tme of enlistment was Tamworth, NSW

Next of kin given as his aunt M Russell of Miles Station, Abbeville, QLD later of Jalcowinnia Station, Broken Hill, NSW

Grandson of Mary Ann Elizabeth Wakerel of 20 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served on the Royal Navy's traning ship Warspite