Brooke, Family

Production date
22 Jun 1943
Description
Family photo with mother, Beatrice Mary Brooke (nee Parr) and father, Henry George Brooke, seated in the front and their children seated behind them. From left to right are Eunice Brooke, serviceman Cyril George Brooke, and Betty Rosina Brooke on the far right. Cyril was killed on active service in WW2 in Italy on 28 April 1945.
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Production role
Photographer
Production date
22 Jun 1943
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Credit line
'Swainson/Woods Collection, Puke Ariki and District Libraries'
Accession number
SW1943.0030
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H G Brooke was in the Royal Navy, and was reported "killed" as the HMS Tipperary sank in the North Sea in Battle of Jutland in 1916. He was 1 of 12 men who survived! Son Cyril sadly died in WW2.

- Wayne Hine (son of Betty) posted one year ago.

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