BROOKMAN, Ronald Charles
| Service Numbers: | V55082, 410144 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, 17 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Moonee Ponds Central School; Coburg High School; Trinity Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Cape de Griz, France, 26 September 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wissant Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V55082 | |
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| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 410144, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410144 | |
| 26 Sep 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410144, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Owens
Son of Charles William and Bertha Minnie BROOKMAN (nee THOMAS) of Canterbury, Victoria
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. LOVED BY ALL
Plane was Lancaster LM 223 and was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape de Gris, Nez, France while on air operations over Calais. Five of the crew were Australians
Also served 19 months in the Victorian Scottish in 1939 and 3 months in Mt Martha Camp
Subjects passed at school were English, History, Commercial Practice. Failed Maths, Geography, French
He played 2 seasons church cricket; football with East Kew; Tennis with St Hilarys Church of England
Survived by his parents Charles and Bertha,( his father survived him by two months.) brother Harold, sisters Gwen and Edna and fiance Clare.
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