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Military service
Service number:
8186
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
August 15, 1893
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 13, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. 11. 3.
Additional information
Son of the late C. J. Brooke, K.C., and of Mary Rose Brooke (nee Cameron), of 266, Maclaren St., Ottawa. Great grand nephew of His Excellency the late Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., 1st Rajah of Sarawak.
Private William Brooke has been honoured by having Brooke Glacier named after him. The location of Brooke Glacier is in Yukon (115F10- 61° 30’ 18”- 140° 55’ 12”)
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Memorial
WWI memorial, St Andrew's Church Ottawa -
Memorial
Honour and Loving memory to the former Parishioners of St Andrew`s Church, Ottawa who died during Word War I 1914 - 1918 and Grateful Tribute to those who daring to die survived -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 171 of 1128 -
Photo of William Brooke
From "Our Heroes in the Great War" compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, 1919. -
A Mountain Memorial
"A Mountain Memorial" - the story of the naming of Mount Brooke after Pte. William Brooke. From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
Gravemarker
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Honour roll
In memory of the Ashbury College alumni and staff who gave their lives in Word War I, World War II and the Korean War. Plaque erected in the Ashbury College Chapel, 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
Digital gallery of
Private William Brooke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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