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|Home address=Wife lived at 27, Brunswick Street, The Mount, York.
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|Home address=Son of John and Rachel Brooks.  Husband of Sarah Eva Brooks, of York.  Wife lived at 27, Brunswick Street, The Mount, York.
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Brooks Albert
Army number 4270112
Rank Warrant Officer Class II
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 27
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands 3/8/1943 (Regimental Orders state 4/8/1943).
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Sergeant Major.
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - taken prisoner at Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action DIED of cholera 3/8/1943 and buried, by Reverend C F Davidson, initially in grave 130, Kanchanaburi, Siam. Re-interred in grave 2.G.13. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Home address Son of John and Rachel Brooks. Husband of Sarah Eva Brooks, of York. Wife lived at 27, Brunswick Street, The Mount, York.
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