Studio portrait of 389 Private Vernon Thomas Brookes 7th Battalion of Duliston, Victoria. A ...

Accession Number P05248.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Place made Australia: Victoria
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 389 Private Vernon Thomas Brookes 7th Battalion of Duliston, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19 October 1914. On 25 April 1915, he was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 22. He is buried in the No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. His brother, Second Lieutenant Leslie Robert Brookes served with the 21st Battalion, was awarded a mentioned in Despatches and returned to Australia on 20 December 1918.