Harold Stanley BROOKS

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BROOKS, Harold Stanley

Service Numbers:	S34014, 25636, 25363
Enlisted:	21 April 1941, Kensington, SA
Last Rank:	Coder
Last Unit:	HMAS Moreton
Born:	Rose Park, South Australia, 9 March 1921
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Warehouse Assistant
Died:	Accident, Australia, 29 April 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 77 48
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Church WW2 Roll of Honour

21 Apr 1941:	Involvement Signalman, S34014
21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S34014
21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Kensington, SA
12 Jan 1942:	Discharged
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Coder, 25363, HMAS Moreton, Melbourne, VIC
13 Jan 1942:	Involvement 25636
13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 25636
Date unknown:	Involvement

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Stanley Francis and Elsa Minna Brooks, of 19 Grant Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia.

Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Brooks, of Grant avenue, Rose Park, have been notified by the Navy Office that their eldest son, Coder Harold Brooks (RAN), was killed in an accident at Brisbane last Saturday. After spending two years as coder in the Navy in operational areas he had only recently been transferred to Brisbane. Coder Brooks took a keen interest in the activities of the YMCA. Before joining the Navy he was on the staff of F. H. Faulding & Co., Ltd.

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