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BROOKS, Edward Ronald
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX39854, N45929 |
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Enlisted: | 25 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment |
Born: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1920 |
Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 11 July 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery A IV. A. 10. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX39854 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N45929, 34th Infantry Battalion, CMF service in Illawarra. | |
25 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX39854 | |
25 Jul 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/1st Field Regiment | |
31 Aug 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment | |
2 Nov 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX39854, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment, Embarked from Sydney to disembark in M.E. on 24 November 1941. | |
24 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX39854, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
11 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, NX39854, 2nd/4th Light / later 'Composite' Anti Aircraft Regiment, D.O.W. |
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