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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
West Buckland, Somerset, England
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Kathleen Monte Brooks, of Yatton House, Rudgwick, Horsham, Sussex, England.
Digitized service file.
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Death Registry
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 213 of 1128 -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph of September 18, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214837/Daily-Telegraph-September-18-1917.html -
Photo of Ernest Brooks
Photo courtesy of Nancy Wright -
Group Photo
Photo courtesy of West Hants Historical Society -
Group Photo
West Hants Historical Society -
Memorial
Falmouth Baptist Church courtesy of Gary Nelson -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
Digital gallery of
Major Ernest John Brooks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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