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Corporal Russell Brooks

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Brooks, Russell
Date of birth: 1892-12-18
Place of birth: Warren Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Richard Brooks, father. North Cobalt, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Mechanic
Occupation (normalized): Motor-Vehicle Mechanics, Specialisation Unknown
Address: North Cobalt, Ontario
Religion: Methodist

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 649249
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army). 1918-05-24 ?
  2. Corporal (Army). 1918-05-22 to 1918-05-23
  3. Sapper (Army). 1918-05-14 to 1918-05-21
  4. Sapper (Army). 1918-03-29 to 1918-05-13
  5. Corporal (Army). 1917-11-21 to 1918-03-28
  6. Private (Army). 1917-01-23 to 1917-11-20
  7. Private (Army). 1916-05-04 to 1917-01-22
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Awards

British War Medal

Victory Medal

War Service Badge Class A

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 66433
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1108-S032
Uploader's Notes: Active militia unit: 97th Regiment
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Acting Corporal Army Canadian Railway Troops 12th Railway Battalion Unit redesignated 12th Battalion CRT on November 21, 1917 Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 12th Railway Battalion reverts to permanent rank of Sapper upon being admitted to hospital Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops Canadian Railway Troops Depot Acting Corporal Army Canadian Railway Troops 12th Railway Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Labour Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Railway Troops 12th Railway Battalion British War Medal Victory Medal War Service Badge Class A ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-09-14
Last modified: 2021-05-01