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Wireless Telegraph Operator R. FRANCIS BROOKS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Merchant Navy

S.S. Point Clear (of Greece)

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

4. A. 7.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Harold C. Brooks and Mary T. Brooks, of Harriston, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST. UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY. "HIS OWN" CANADA
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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