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BROOK, Raymond Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 423613 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 71 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Ringwood, Victoria, 18 June 1914 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Economist/Journalist |
Died: | Accidental (air crash), At sea (East Coast Australia), Off Australian East Coast, 27 November 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea , Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
Service History
World War 2 Service
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423613, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423613 | |
27 Nov 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423613, No. 71 Squadron (RAAF), Empire Air Training Scheme |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Horace Leslie and Anne Brook; husband of Ilsa Brook of Mosman, NSW
Raymond had studied a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree at the Melbourne University, majoring in Economics and Journalism