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Robert George Brookes

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Henderson RSA Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, J. Baillie to E. Phillipson. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC-BY John Halpin 2015.

Henderson RSA Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, J. Baillie to E. Phillipson. Image kindly provided by John …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert George AWMM
  • Surname
    Brookes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3564 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 January 1878 BDM 1946/34871
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M. E. Brookes (mother), 211 Worcester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. E. Brookes (mother), 250 Armagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3564 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
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • SuppNom: Ex 9th Reinforcements. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM Service Persons Area G, Row 11, Plot 3 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Henderson RSA Roll of Honour, 66/70 Railside Avenue, Henderson, Auckland AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • The short cut : being a souvenir of the wanderings of "A" Company, 29th Reinforcements, across the two great oceans : Christmas souvenir. [1917]. London: Printed by St. Clements Press. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      21: 14 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      70: 4 AWMM
    • Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall. AWMM

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