George Leonard Purchas Brookfield

Forenames

George Leonard Purchas AWMM

Surname

Brookfield AWMM

Service number

• WWI 13/657 AWMM
• WWI 13/657A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Saint Helier's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

F.W. Brookfield (father), Saint Helier's Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 13/657 AWMM
• WWI 13/657A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Frederic William and Sarah Edith Brookfield (nee Purchas), of Auckland.

CWGC record last rank as Lieutenant

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr F. W. Brookdfield, 109 Queen St., Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Archives New Zealand.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879614
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22280418
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 81
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1915, Third term. p.10
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.