Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BROOKS, AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 27310, C Company 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; b. about 1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the reports received concerning him being "uniformly good over the whole period of his stay in Canada"; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unmarried.
BROOKS, AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 27310, C Company 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; b. about 1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the reports received concerning him being "uniformly good over the whole period of his stay in Canada"; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unmarried.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BROOKS, AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 27310, C Company 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; b. about 1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the reports received concerning him being "uniformly good over the whole period of his stay in Canada"; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unmarried.
BROOKS, AUGUSTUS, Private, No. 27310, C Company 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; b. about 1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the reports received concerning him being "uniformly good over the whole period of his stay in Canada"; volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unmarried.
Gravesite Details
Note from GN: 27310. 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 23rd April 1915. Panel18-24-26-30.
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