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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Frank Rodney Brooking |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Frank Rodney |
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| Surname: |
Brooking |
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| War: |
World War II, 1939-1945 |
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| Serial No.: |
65272 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Labourer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs H. Brooking (wife), Ruatoria, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Waiomatatini, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Ruatoria |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
28 (Maori) Battalion |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
WW2 4 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
WW2 42 |
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| POW Date of Capture: |
13 December 1941 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
28 (Maori) Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Tunisia |
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| Date of Death: |
27 March 1943 |
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| Age at Death: |
29 |
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| Year of Death: |
1943 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia |
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| Grave Reference: |
X. F. 7. |
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| Memorial Name: |
Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Frank Brooking was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Oscar Brooking, of Te Araroa, New Zealand. |
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, Weekly News
- Headstone, SfaxWar Cemetery, Tunisia (photo B. Coutts, 2009)
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| Further References: |
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| Sources Used: |
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941
- Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
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