Brooks, Leslie Rundle (Able Seaman, b.1900 - d.?)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0157
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Papers
Maker Brooks, Leslie Rundle (Les)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1917-1918; 1921
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to service of Able Seaman (later Commander) Leslie Rundle Brooks, HMAS Parramatta, Australian Waters and Mediterranean, 1917-1918. Collection includes typescript copy of diary January 1917-December 1918, and handwritten precis of diary June 1917-November 1918. Copies made in 1921 by Australian War Memorial, Melbourne and bound into file covers. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Leslie Rundle Brooks first enlisted with the Royal Australian Navy in 1915, and he retired from the Navy in 1960.