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Leslie Salvadore BROOK

Regimental number1313
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Ballarat, Victoria; Public School, Broken Hill, NSW (record ambiguous)
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBroken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Brook, Lane Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied as a result of accident 10 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialKlein-Vieratraat British Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 13), Kemmel, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Rona BROOK, 323 Chapple Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Native of Ballarat, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 451 Pte Frederick Albert BROOK, 20th Bn, killed in action, France, 5 August 1916.

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