Regimental number | 372 |
Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales |
School | Bondi Superior Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Plumber |
Address | Orange, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | mother,, Mrs Hellena Booth Brook, Heathcote, Cross Street, Waverley, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Machine Gun Corps, Eastern Suburbs Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Mining Corps 1, Company 1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Tunnelling Companies |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name William James |
Place of death or wounding | Hill 60, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VI, Row O, Grave No. 26), Zillebeke, Belgium\ |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Helena BROOK, "Kent", Cross Street, Waverley, New South Wales. Natie of Orange, New South Wales |