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Frederick BROOK

Regimental number6158
Place of birthMogo, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelegraph lineman
Address99 Mitchell Street, Glebe Point, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Brook, Buckenboura, via Nelligen, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death5 October 1917
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth BROOK. Native Town: Mogo, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: 2 killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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