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Henry Preston BROOKS

Regimental number1889
Date of birth8 December 1891
Place of birthCrafers, South Australia
SchoolChurch Day School, Crafers, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCrafers, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amy Jane Brooks, Crafers, South Australia
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 April 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death25
Place of burialBapaume Australian Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Amy BROOKS, South Australia. Native of Crafer's, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2089 Pte Andrew Alexander Valentine BROOKS, 5th Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919; 2130 Pte James Walker BROOKS, 5th Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 10 September 1917; Pte T.A. BROOKS, 48th Bn, killed in action, 13 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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