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Ewan Brooking

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Photograph of Ewan Brooking (Brookie) in Air Force Uniform. Image kindly provided by Bryan Brooking. (December 2020).

Photograph of Ewan Brooking (Brookie) in Air Force Uniform. Image kindly provided by Bryan Brooking. …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ewan AWMM
  • Surname
    Brooking AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Brookie AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ401454 AWMM
    • WWII 401454 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 January 1922 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 12 Bond Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Architect and Builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs H. Brooking (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Air Observer School - June - October, 1940 - RNZAF Ohakea Public - Bryan - Child - 13 February 2021 - His Log Book
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Sales/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    18 years Public - Bryan - Child - 13 February 2021 - DOB in relation to Service Record

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
    Yellow Fever AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 59 Operational Missions - North Africa, Burma, India and the Pacific. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 February 2007 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Newcastle, New South Wales AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery Glen Eden Auckland New Zealand AWMM Service Persons Area B, Row 4, Plot 2 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
13 February 2021BryanVancouver, CanadaChild

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