Charles Curtis Brooking

1913 - 1947  (33 years)

• Name	Charles Curtis Brooking  [1]
  Birth	10 Sep 1913	Treherne, Manitoba, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1947	Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada   [2, 3]
  Burial	Bethel Cemetery, Treherne, Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I10642	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Sidney Brooking,   b. 16 Sep 1877, Lee Moor, Devon, England d. 8 Dec 1958, Treherne, Manitoba, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Inez Lillian Haskill,   b. 20 Jul 1889, Little Britain, Victoria, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Aug 1970, Treherne, Manitoba, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1909	Treherne, Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Alt. Marriage	8 Dec 1909	Treherne, Manitoba, Canada   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F7240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivy Constance Simpson
  Family ID	F99806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Leading Aircraftman Brooking, aboard Beechcraft 'Expeditor' MkII (#1394) aircraft which was flying from Whitehorse to Teslin, both in the Yukon Territory, lost his life when the Expeditor crashed in a heavy snowstorm. Five servicemen and one civilian perished in this aircraft accident. ____ Military Service- Rank: Leading Aircraftman Service Number: R/71202 Age: 33 Force: Air Force Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Son of Sidney and Inez ('Elsie') Lillian (née Haskill) Brooking of Treherne, Manitoba, Canada; husband of Ivy Constance (née Simpson) Brooking of Winnipeg, Manitoba; brother of Harold Sydney, Wilfred Leslie and Eileen Elizabeth Brooking. Leading Aircraftman Charles Curtis Brooking is commemorated on Page 594 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75326] Ancestry.com, wood1968 database (Garth Woodward). [S41589] Obituary, unknown newspaper, Harold Sidney Brooking. [S62588] Cemetery index, Bethel Cemetery, Treherne, Manitoba, Canada, (Find-a-Grave). [S52647] Ancestor chart of Harold Sidney Brooking, (compiled by Harold Sidney Brooking for the Haskell Family Association). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association).