Alfred Edwin BROOKER

Regimental number10/295
Date of birth28 January 1892
Place of birthCollingwood
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address65 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.4
Height5' 7.5"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinFather, F E Brooker, c/o J Brooker, Antico Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPalmerston North
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 April 1917
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row D, Grave No 219), France
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, and admitted to hospital, Cairo, 12 May 1915 (gun shot wound, right arm).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915.

Re-embarked with 13th Reinforcements, 31 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22280385

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