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Military service
Service number:
1045004
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1899
Enlistment:
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
November 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXX. K. 30.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Maria Brookes, of Birmingham, England.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 179 of 1128 -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team..DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team..DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 241st Bn (Scottish Borderers from Windsor Ontario. Private Brookes enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt(ret’d) Victor Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Thomas Brookes
Thomas Brookes, Jr.from family artifacts. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Thomas Brookes
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Private Thomas Brookes
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Private Thomas Brookes
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Private Thomas Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Brookes
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Private Thomas Brookes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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