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Sidney Thomas BROOKS

Regimental number2770
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressBrooklyn, Birrell Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Agnes Brooks, 280 Birrell Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAubigny British Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 18), (Somme), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tamara Surf Life Saving Club Honour Board ('Dedicated to the memory of our members who paid the supreme sacrifice. 1914-1918.') Parents: Thomas and Ada BROOKS, 'Brooklyn', 280 Birrell Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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