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Jul 25, 1888
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Born in
Pingewood, Burghfield, Reading, England
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into
the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59099 (temporary number 731)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs Mary Brooks, mother, of Pingewood,
Burghfield, Reading, England
Ø Previous occupation given as Bricklayer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Assigned to “G” Company
o This was later reorganized into “D” Company. He is later noted as being in the Machine Gun
Section
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Mar 11, 1915
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Fined $4.00 for
Drunkenness
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Apr 21, 1915
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Fined $6.00 for
Drunkenness
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama at Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Devonport, England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Jul 3, 1915
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Awarded a fine
of $15.00
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Jul 28, 1915
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Reported to be
AWL (Absent Without Leave) at midnight
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Jul 29, 1915
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Reported for
duty at 9.00 am and sentenced to 7 days CB (Confined to Barracks)
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Aug 14, 1915
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Sentenced to 10
days CB and fined $3.00 for Drunkenness
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Aug 16, 1915
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Fined $3.00 for
Drunkenness
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St
Seiriol at Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
Boulogne, France and proceeded to St Omer
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Sep 22, 1915
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Admitted to the
Field Ambulance at Dranoutre with a gun shot wound to his right foot, then transported by
the No.21 Ambulance Train and admitted to the No 2 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) in
Bayeux. This was the Company’s very
first day in the front line.
The
Battalion’s war diary records this as an “accident”
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Sep 24, 1915
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Transferred by
the No. 9 Ambulance Train and admitted to the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital at Le
Treport
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Sep 26, 1915
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Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Anglia
Admitted to
the Royal Herbert Hospital in Woolwich
Transferred
to the 39th Reserve Battalion while in hospital in England
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Oct 6, 1915
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Transferred to
the Military Hospital in Shorncliffe
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Oct 27, 1915
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Transferred to
the Canadian War Hospital at Walmer
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Dec 15, 1915
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Admitted to the
Military Hospital at Monks Horton
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Dec 19, 1915
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Charged with
being Drunk and for being absent from 6 pm to 11 pm and fined a total of $20.00
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Dec 20, 1915
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Transferred to
the military hospital at Shorncliffe
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Dec 21, 1915
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Discharged from
hospital to light duties
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Dec 24, 1915
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Fined $5.00 for
Drunkenness
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Feb 3, 1916
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Feb 5, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and TOS (Taken On Strength)
the 21st Battalion
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Feb 15, 1916
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Left the CBD for
his Battalion
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Feb 17, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the N & O front line trenches
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Apr 21, 1916
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During a large
enemy artillery barrage at St Eloi, Pte Brooks was initially reported to be missing, but
later it was determined that he had been killed. His
body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the panels of the Menin Gate, Ypres,
Belgium
Following the
war the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny),
Scroll, and Memorial Cross were sent to his mother, Mrs Mary Brooks, at Pingewood,
Burghfield, Reading, England
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