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Rex Brooke-Taylor

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex AWMM
  • Surname
    Brooke-Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ439002 AWMM
    • WWII 439002 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1915 RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762) Christchurch, Canterbury RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ439002 AWMM
    • WWII 439002 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Sergeant Brooke-Taylor was the son of Roydon and Ida Winifrid Brooke-Taylor of Wellington. Husband of Olive Clarence Brooke-Taylor of Wellington.

      His brother 41251 Pilot Officer Keith Brooke-Taylor, Royal Air Force, died while flying on active duty on 7 April 1940.

      Sergeant Brooke-Taylor was flying in Oxford I R6226 on a triangular cross country flight, with Leading Aircraftman T.A.H. Alexander in control as student pilot. At 0745 R6226 lost height at 100 feet, then carried out a steep left hand turn at high speed before cutting through power lines and a two story wooden house on the property of Mr C M Kebbell's, near Ashurst, at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge. The severely damaged Oxford finally came to a stop100-150 yards further on from the dwelling. The airmen were both killed, but the occupants of the house escaped injury. AWMM
    • Rex Brooke-Taylor birthdate is: 16th October 1915 Public - Rex - Child - 2 October 2018 - Family papers.
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Death

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  • Death
    30 December 1940 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Grave 21 A/3 (S) AWMM
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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 October 2018RexBlenheim New ZealandChild
04 October 2016MichaelWellington, New ZealandResearcher

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