Garnet Albert Roy BROOKS

BROOKS, Garnet Albert Roy

Service Number: 124
Enlisted: 8 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Hopetoun, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1896
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Ballarat State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Watchmaker
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 13 October 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Drummer, 124, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Drummer, 124, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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10 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Drummer, 124, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
13 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 124, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 124 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-10-13

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Garnet's family epitaph  reads-  HE FELT IT WAS HIS DUTY, TO TAKE A NOBLE PART, THERE WAS NO FEAR OF DANGER, IN HIS LOYAL AND BRAVE YOUNG HEART, HE LEFT AUSTRALIA IN HEALTH AND STRENGTH, NOT KNOWING DEATH WAS NEAR, OR THAT HE NEVER WOULD RETURN, TO THE ONE THAT LOVED HIM DEAR.