Service Details
Name:
 BROOKSBANK
Given Name:
 RUPERT OSWALD DERYCK
Initials:
 R O D
Service No:
 206602V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-07
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Date of Birth:
 1922-08-21
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB508, presumed shot down by flak at Maleme
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Norman Brooksbank and Florence Marion Brooksbank, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Employed with East Asiatic Co.
Commemoration
Country:
 Greece
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Cemetery:
 SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 13. B. 12-15.

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