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Harold BROOKING

Regimental number5960
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressWillunga, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 8"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Brooking, Willunga, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1915
Place of enlistmentOaklands, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/102/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 26 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll8826
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date25 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Sardinia', 19 October 1918; disembarked, Melbourne, 27 December 1918, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: nervous dyspepsia), Adelaide, 25 March 1919.

War service: 4 years 77 days (of which 3 years 222 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 February 1959
Age at death64
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROOKING Harold

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