'Mr. Norman E. Brookes, well~ Henown Australian and' international tennis player of past years. passed {through Shanghai with his wife and daughters in the s. President Coo! Idge, which sailed on Monday night.
Born in Melbourne on November 14, 1877, Mr. Brookes has had a distinguished tennis career in pre-war years, playing in the winning Au-Jstratian Davis Cp team and captain jing the defending team at Sydney in 1919, as well as winning many championships. He was President of the Victorian L.A. in 1926 and subse~ Jquently elected president of the Aulstralian ITA. In 1915 he was appointed Australian Red Crass representative in Cairo and subsequent-promoted honorary Lieut.-Colonel in the RAME.
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