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Private BASIL R. BROOKS

Service Number: B/142794
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Regiment

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

IX. A. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Russel and Olive Brooks; husband of Marie Agnes Brooks, of Cadillac, Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN THE WIND BLOWS LET IT BLOW SOFTLY HERE. IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND

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Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1615
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