Francis Cedric (Frank) BROCK MID

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BROCK, Francis Cedric

Service Number:	VX29801
Enlisted:	28 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Field Regiment
Born:	Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1920
Home Town:	Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Heidelberg State School, Ivanhoe Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Borneo, 10 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery 6 C 12, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX29801, Caulfield, Victoria
28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, VX29801, 2nd/4th Field Regiment
10 Jul 1945:	Involvement Bombardier, VX29801, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

KILLED IN ACTION
Bombardier Francis Cedric Brock, previously reported died of wounds, is now reported killed in action at Balikpapan on July 30. The elder son of Mr and Mrs C. H. Brock, Banksia st, Heidelberg, he was aged 23, and enlisted in June, 1940. He was wounded in Syria in 1941, and later served in New Guinea. He was educated at Heidelberg state school and Ivanhoe Grammar School. At the time of enlistment he was on the staff of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. His brother Ian is now serving in Borneo.

Biography

"...VX29801 Bombardier Francis Cedric (Frank) Brock, 2/4 Field Regiment. A clerk from Ivanhoe, Vic, Brock enlisted on 28 June 1940. He was wounded in action in July 1941. On 10 July 1945 at Balikpapan, Borneo, Bdr Brock took charge of his troop following the wounding of his captain. He was then killed in action, aged 23, and is buried at the Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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