Saturday 14 July 2007

Sergeant George Francis Brooks

Born on 11 March 1891 in Kingston, Ontario - next of kin listed as Mrs. F.G. Brooks, Kingston, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: trade as student, single, currently serving with No. 3 Company, Army Service Corps (for eight years), no previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 7 inches, chest of 37.5 inches fully expanded, medium complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Guelph, Ontario, on 15 February 1915 (number 410994) - taken on the strength of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in France on 16 July 1915 - transferred to the British Army on 15 September 1917 in order to be commissioned.

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