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Herbert Henry Brookbanks

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Brookbanks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 40503 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 May 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 May 1893 Public - Jo - 23 October 2018 - Attestation Form
  • Place of birth
    Auckland Public - Jo - 23 October 2018 - Attestation Form
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Hasbury Ave, Mt Eden Public - Jo - 23 October 2018 - Attestation Form
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Brookbanks (wife), Hasbury Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married Public - Jo - 23 October 2018 - Attestation Form

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 40503 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Plasterer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Herbert Brookbanks was the son of Frank Warren Brookbanks, and Annie Brookbanks, of Mount Eden; husband of Ida Brookbanks, of 22, Chamberlain Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 August 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM IV. A. 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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23 October 2018JoAuckland, NZOther

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