| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0156 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Brook, William James Heathcote |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Egypt, Malta, Western Front |
| Date made | 1916; 1928 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/78 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Brook, William James Heathcote (Sapper, b.? - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to service of 372 Sapper William James Heathcote Brook, 1 Tunnelling Company, France, 1916. Collection includes handwritten copy of extracts from diary kept while on active service in France. Copy made by Australian War Memorial, 1928. Location of original unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 372 Sapper William James Heathcote Brook. 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. Killed in action 10th Nov., 1916. Age 22. Son of Helena Booth Brook, of Kent, Cross St., Waverley, New South Wales, and the late Edward George Brook. Native of Orange, New South Wales.