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Hilton James Brooks, 1894–1916 (aged 22 years)
- Name
- Hilton James /Brooks/
- Given names
- Hilton James
- Surname
- Brooks
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1894–1916
Birth: 6 March 1894
— Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Death: 14 November 1916 — Flers, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France |
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1896–1975
Birth: 2 November 1896
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25
— Moonmera, Queensland, Australia Death: 9 February 1975 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — 27 September 1915 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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8 months
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1916–2008
Birth: 13 May 1916
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— Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 17 September 2008 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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1897–1974
Birth: 27 May 1897
— Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 28 December 1974 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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1896–1975
Birth: 2 November 1896
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25
— Moonmera, Queensland, Australia Death: 9 February 1975 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — 29 August 1918 — Queensland, Australia |
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4 months
stepdaughter |
1919–1998
Birth: 5 January 1919
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— Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 28 February 1998 — Queensland, Australia |
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13 months
stepson |
1920–2007
Birth: 9 February 1920
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— Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 15 May 2007 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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23 months
stepson |
1921–1983
Birth: 19 December 1921
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25
— Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 15 June 1983 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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The AIF Project Hilton James BROOKS Regimental number 4093 Place of birth Toowoomba, Queensland School West End State School, Brisbane, Queensland Religion Methodist Occupation Plumber Address Brisbane, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 21 Next of kin Wife, Mrs Ethel May Brooks, Skinner Street, West End, Brisbane, Queensland Previous military service Served in the Compulsory Military Training scheme (boys). Enlistment date 14 September 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 26th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/43/3 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 26th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 14 November 1916 Place of death or wounding Flers, France Age at death 22.8 Age at death from cemetery records 22 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. Panel number, Roll of Honour, Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal © 2011 |
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