John Fletcher BROOKE

Regimental number71054
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, E W Brooke, Te Wais Point, Bluff
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 35th Reinforcements, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 101 Tofua on 2 March 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 24), Ligny-Thilloy, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: E.W. and E.F. Brooke, Hundalee, Parnassus, Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 9/1014 Pte Burton BROOKE, New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Bn, killed in action, 5 June 1916; 43296 Trooper Frederic John Medows Zachary BROOKE, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, died of disease, 18 December 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 80, p. 7