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Brook, Ernest (3032)

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Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 22 years 2 months

Enlistment Details: Friday, 12 January 1917 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 3032            view online service record

Address:
101 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Frederick Brook (father)
101 Stokes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 19 February 1917
Ship: HMAT Ballarat A70
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion – 7th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 10 March 1918
Discharged: Wednesday, 19 June 1918

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  • Brian Membrey
    Posted July 4, 2017 3.26 pm 0Likes
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    A brother, Arthur Stanley BROOK, Private, 60 Infantry, killed in action 19 July, 1916, France, aged 26, commemorated VC Corner Australian Cemetery, France. He enlisted with his wife shown in Carlton, but a Death Notice places her as then at 75 St. Vincent Street, South Melbourne, two daughters, Irene and Lavinia, circular returned from Preston after press notices seeking his wife’s whereabouts were placed in January, 1921. Brook was reported Missing 19 July, 1916, confirmed killed at that date, August, 1917.

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