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Frank Rodney Brooking

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Private F. R. Brooking, of Ruatoria, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 05 MAY 1943 p018. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19430505-18-32. No known Copyright

Private F. R. Brooking, of Ruatoria, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Wee …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Rodney AWMM
  • Surname
    Brooking AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65272 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1913 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KCRN-YW2/frank-rodney-brooking-1913-1943
  • Place of birth
    Te Araroa, East Coast, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KCRN-YW2/frank-rodney-brooking-1913-1943
  • Birth notes
    Son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Oscar Brooking, of Te Araroa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 October 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/frank-rodney-brooking
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waiomatatini, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Brooking (wife), Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1941 Frank Rodney BROOKING married Hanna REEDY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KCRN-YW2/frank-rodney-brooking-1913-1943

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65272 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    13 December 1941 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frank Brooking was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Oscar Brooking, of Te Araroa, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. F. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 42 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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23 June 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
03 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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