Rupert Clarence (Clarry) BROOKS MM

BROOKS, Rupert Clarence

Service Number: NX27607
Enlisted: 20 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 December 1919
Home Town: Penshurst, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941: Involvement NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942: Involvement NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
4 Sep 1943: Involvement Corporal, NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
9 Oct 1943: Honoured Military Medal, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Immediate award of MM during the 2/17 Bn assault on "The Knoll" near Jivevaneng, New Guinea.
21 Mar 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
21 Mar 1946: Discharged Corporal, NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Corporal, NX27607, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

Footnote from p.253 of the publication "A History of 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945"

Cpl Rupert Clarence "Clarry" Brooks enlisted from Sydney and was a veteran of the Tobruk, Tel el Eisa, El Alamein and Lae campaigns. For valour on this occasion in the assault [9 Oct 1943 at The Knoll near Jivevaneng] and his alertness and resolution in the face of subsequent counter-attacks in a vital position where the enemy made determined efforts to break through the defences, and his encouragement to others, he received the immediate award of the MM.  

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