Regimental number | 556 |
Place of birth | Bishop's Waltham, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Majoota Farm, Yanco, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs R. Westbrook, North End, Droxford, Bishops-Waltham, England |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry; expiration of.me |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Kensington, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 1 Divisional Train (1 to 4 Coys Army Service Corps) October, 1914 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Echelon |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Lucy WESTBROOK. Photo: Andrew Richardson |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 22 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 5 January 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: tuberculosis), Sydney, 4 August 1920. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 37 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WESTBROOK Christopher John |