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Hugh Frank BROOK MID Update Details

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BROOK, Hugh Frank

Service Number:	SX5709
Enlisted:	18 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 16 January 1914
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman / (Inspector, General Motors Holden).
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 November 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot JJ. Row A. Grave 3. Personal Inscription~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, District of Terowie Honour Roll WW2, Terowie War Memorial

World War 2 Service

18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SX5709, Adelaide, South Australia
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX5709, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

Middle East Area of Operations Service

2 Feb 1941:	Involvement

World War 2 Service

29 Nov 1943:	Involvement Corporal, SX5709, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
Date unknown:	Involvement

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