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Cyril George Brooke

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril George AWMM
  • Surname
    Brooke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    632997 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 Brinkley Road, Westown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs B.M. Brooke (mother), 7 Wallace Place, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    632997 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cyril Brooke was the son of Henry George and Beatrice Mary Brooke, of New Plymouth, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy AWMM III, A, 12. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • In memory of the uncle I never met and never forgotten
    Public - Bruce Cyril - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2049584
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 12: WW2 24 AWMM

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24 April 2015Bruce Cyril Auckland New ZealandOther Relative

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