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Chief Radio Officer Robert Francis Brooks

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Military service

Age: 20
Rank: Chief Radio Officer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Point Clear (of Greece)
Birth: October 25, 1921 Chatham, Ontario
Death: April 5, 1942

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 4. A. 7.
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Son of Harold Cyril Brooks and Mary Teresa Haley, of Harriston, Ontario. During the First World War, Harold served and fought in France and Belgium with the 164th Canadian Corps of Signals Company, regimental number 663688.

Robert died of an unspecified cause in Vezagapatam Harbour, Bay of Bengal, India.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 101 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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MADRAS WAR CEMETERY India

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY is about 5 kilometres from the airport and 14 kilometres from the central railway station.

The GST Road (Great Southern Trunk Road) leads from the airport past Trident Hotel to Kathipara roundabout - there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission road direction sign on a small triangular island showing the way to the cemetery via Mount Poonamall Road passing at the foot of St. Thomas Mount.

The cemetery can easily be located on the right hand side of the road 1 kilometre from St. Thomas Mount.

From Madras Central Railway Station the route is up Mount Road (Anna Selai) and over the bridge which crosses the River Cooun. The route passes St. Mary's Cemetery on Pallawan Road and is via LIC building (Life Insurance Corporation Building) situated on Mount Road, which leads to Anna Flyover and to Kathipara Junction.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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