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     John Brook was born in 1929 at Bradford, Yorkshire, England^G.¹
     He was an artist.¹

     Maimiti Brook was born on 8 December 1966.¹ She is the daughter of John Brook and Gladys Evelyn Jackson.¹

     Sia Brook was born on 20 May 1969.¹ She is the daughter of John Brook and Gladys Evelyn Jackson.¹

     Nicholas Winston Blake was born on 30 December 1974.¹ He is the son of Sir Francis Michael Blake, 3rd Bt. and Joan Ashbridge Miller.¹
     He was educated at Aysgarth School, Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland^G.¹

     Henry Menzies was born in 1856 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ He married Nancy Jane Christian, daughter of Charles Driver Christian and Maria Lucy Christian, on 19 January 1880 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He died on 5 November 1941.²
     Henry was a compositor at the Melanesian Mission on Norfolk. The original name was Menges, but the entire family changed it's name during World War I because it sounded 'too German'.¹ He was Printer & Compositor.¹

     Walter Menzies was born on 20 September 1881 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He was the son of Henry Menzies and Nancy Jane Christian.¹

     Susan Menzies was born on 18 January 1883 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Menzies and Nancy Jane Christian.¹ She married Charles Arthur Sullivan in 1911 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     Her married name became Sullivan.¹

     Charles Arthur Sullivan was born circa 1887 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England^G.¹ He married Susan Menzies, daughter of Henry Menzies and Nancy Jane Christian, in 1911 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     He was Storekeeper.¹

     Henry Walter Harvey Menzies was born on 21 May 1901 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He was the son of Susan Menzies.¹ He died on 28 May 1945 at age 44 at North Borneo^G, while a POW, on the 'Sandakan Death March' (which was said to have made the Bataan Death March look like a picnic!).^2,3
     Henry Walter Harvey Menzies also went by the nick-name of Taylor. He gained the rank of Private in the 2/19 Battalion, 8th Australian Division.¹ He fought in the Second World War, and became a prisoner of war.¹

     Eleanor Constance Menzies was born on 28 August 1904 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ She is the daughter of Susan Menzies.¹ She married Jack Gordon in 1928.¹
     Her married name became Gordon.¹ Reference: 'HOPPIE.¹'