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BROOK, Rupert Harold

Service Number:	18771
Enlisted:	4 October 1927
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Yarra (II)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, 23 August 1910
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 4 March 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea) - Panel 72, Column 3 , Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

Non Warlike Service

4 Oct 1927:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 18771, Melbourne, Victoria

World War 2 Service

4 Oct 1927:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 18771
4 Mar 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 18771, HMAS Yarra (II)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and Louisa Mary Brook of Bendigo, Victoria