Alexander BROOKES

Regimental number7/1947
OccupationPoliceman
Next of kinWife, Mrs Susan Brookes, c/o Mrs C Gillespie, Palmerston South
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankBombardier
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 2 October 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Susan Hunter Brookes, 52 York Street, Timaru
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 7