Ronald Charles BROOKMAN

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BROOKMAN, Ronald Charles

Service Numbers:	V55082, 410144
Enlisted:	14 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Surrey Hills, Victoria, 17 September 1918
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Moonee Ponds Central School; Coburg High School; Trinity Grammar School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Cape de Griz, France, 26 September 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Wissant Communal Cemetery Collective Grave 3 - Headstone Inscription "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. LOVED BY ALL" , Wissant Communal Cemetery, Wissant, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

14 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V55082
5 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 410144, Melbourne, Victoria
5 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410144
26 Sep 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410144, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles William and Bertha Minnie BROOKMAN of Canterbury, Victoria

Plane was Lancaster LM 223 and was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape de Gris, Nez, France while on air operations over Calais. Five of the crew were Australians

Also served 19 months in the Victorian Scottish in 1939 and 3 months in Mt Martha Camp

Subjects passed at school were English, History, Commercial Practice. Failed Maths, Geography, French

He played 2 seasons church cricket; football with East Kew; Tennis with St Hilarys Church of England

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