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Lance Corporal MELVIN RONALD BROOKS

Service Number: H/1260
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XI. G. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Brooks, and of Mary Brooks, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS WILL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE HAVE OF HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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