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Military service
Service number:
892001
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 20.
Additional information
Son of George Shirley Brooks and Bessie Wilson Brooks, of Aldershot, 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 231 of 1128 -
Newspaper Clipping
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Pte. Brooks indicated that he was a machinist when completing his military attestation. Brooks was born in Aldershot, England. In honoured memory.
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Private George Cecil Shirley Brooks
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Private George Cecil Shirley Brooks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 374 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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