Regimental number | 989 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Richmond, South Australia |
School | Mr Leonard's 'Old College', Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Olive Street, Prospect, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Jean Brook, Olive Street, Prospect, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the ANA Unit, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 43rd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/60/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: 43rd Battalion Promotion date: Lieutenant Unit: 43rd Battalion Promotion date: |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448, 28 December 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No.57, 18 April 1918. |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Was Mentioned in Despatches and was recommended for the Military Medal. The Official Notification of Death described him as "Military Medallist". |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Hamel, France |
Age at death | 35 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 35 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 136 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Edith BROOK; husband of Mrs J BROOK, Olive Street, Prospect, New South Wales |
Medals |
Mentioned in Dispatches 'Mentioned in Sir D. Haig's Despatch of 7.11.1917 for Distinguished and Gallant Services and devotion to duty in the Field, during the period 26/2/17 to 20/9/17.'
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Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: Corporal AM HOPKINS, MID; Cousins (by marriage): Major Lancelot Ashley LEWIS, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 21 May 1917; Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Kendall BAKER, 16th Battalion, returned to Australia, 13 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Taken on strength, 43rd Battalion, 16 March 1916. Embarked Adelaide, 9 June 1916; disembarked Marsilles, 20 July 1916; disembarked England, no date stated. Proceeded overses to France, 25 November 1916. Promoted Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major), 22 January 1917. Promoted Warrant Officer Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major), 17 May 1917. Wounded in action, 4 July 1917; admitted to No 9 Field Ambulance, 4 July (gunshot wound, buttocks); transferred to No 2 Australian Field Ambulance, 4 July 1917; to Ambulance Train, 7 July 1917; to No 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 8 July 1917; to England, 14 July 1917; to Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, 15 July 1917. Promoted Second Lieutenant, 14 July 1917. To No 5 Auxiliary Hospital, 23 August 1917; discharged, 17 September 1917, and marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, the same day. Marched out of No 1 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 September 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 September 1917. Promoted Lieutenant, 24 November 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 January 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 12 January 1918. Proceeded to unit, 13 January 1918; rejoined 43rd Bn, 16 January 1918. Detached to Corps School, 20 January 1918; rejoined unit, 27 January 1918. Detached to Officers' School, 14 February 1918. Admitted to No 11 Australian Field Ambulance, 25 February 1918 (trench fever); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 25 February 1918; to No 17 Ambulance Train, 28 February 1918; to No 14 General Hospital, Boulogne, 28 February 1918. Granted 3 weeks' sick leave in United Kingdom, 28 March 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 22 April 1918. Proceeded to unit, 24 April 1918; rejoined 43rd Bn, 25 April 1918. Detached to Divisional Wing, 25 April 1918, rejoined unit, 1 May 1918. Killed in action, 4 July 1918. Buried at Hamelet Communal Cemetery, Bayonvillers. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BROOK Frank Richmond |