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Frederick John Brook

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick John AWMM
  • Surname
    Brook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    11041 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Beaumont, Central Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L.G. Brook (wife), Beaumont, Central Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 August 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    11041 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
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died from disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frederick Brook was the son of Henry Hudson Brook and of Martha Brook (nee Holland), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Lynda Grace Brook (nee Beaufort), of St. Clair, Dunedin. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 February 1941 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM P. 172. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 55 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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