Alexander Edward BROOKMAN

BROOKMAN, Alexander Edward

    Service Number: 1574
    Enlisted: 18 January 1915, Cobram, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1894
    Home Town: Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Toorak and Armadale State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 25 July 1976, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremation - ashes scattered. Plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance.
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, Cobram, Vic.
    28 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, per HMAT A35 'Berrima' from Melbourne, Vic.
    7 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    19 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Gallipoli for Mudros Harbour, then to Alexandria, Egypt, disembarking 27 December, 1915
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounded in action, but rejoined unit same day.
    1 Apr 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion, S.S. Khyber, Liverpool, England, after entraining from Sutton Veny Command Depot, Wiltshire. Arrived Melbourne, Australia 12 May, 1919, 11 days quarantine Point Nepean before ferried to the new pier, Port Melbourne
    16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1574, 21st Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of E A & J G BROOKMAN, 10 Eileen Street, Armadale, Vic.

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