Brooke, Margaret Martha

She studied as a dietician before the start of the Second World War. Following her return to civilian life, Margaret Brooke completed her university studies in paleontology at the University of Saskatchewan, where she achieved her doctorate.

She is the author of numerous research studies on the subject. Upon retirement she moved to Victoria, B.C.

She is the author of several papers in the field of paleontology.

She was appointed as a Nursing Dietician (Temp.) RCN (With seniority dated 09/03/1942).

She served in HMCS Naden for HMCS Unicorn 1942.

She was appointed as Dietician (Temp.) RCN (With seniority dated 09/03/1942).

She served in HMCS Avalon for Duty in RCN Hospital 1942.

She served in HMCS Stadacona for Duty in RCN Hospital 1944.

She served in HMCS St. Hyacinthe for Duty in RCN Hospital 1945.

She served in Stadacona for Duty in RCN Hospital 1945.

She was appointed as A/Matron Dietician RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1946).

She was appointed as A/Lieutenant (Nursing Dietician) RCN (With seniority dated 11/04/1947).

She served in HMCS Naden for Duty in RCN Hospital 1947.

She was appointed as Lieutenant (Nursing Dietician) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1948).

She served in HMCS Stadacona for Duty in RCN Hospital 1948.

She was appointed as Lieutenant (Medical Technical) RCN (With seniority dated 01/08/1951).

She served in HMCS Naden for Duty in RCN Hospital 1953.

She served in HMCS Stadacona for Duty in RCN Hospital 1956.

She was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (Medical Technical) RCN (With seniority dated 01/04/1957).

She served in HMCS Stadacona for Canadian Forces Hospital as Dietician 1959. (She was retired 10/10/1962.)

HMCS Margaret Brooke;

She was awarded the MBE for actions related to the sinking by torpedo of the ferry Caribou. The DND website states that "On October 14, 1942 during a crossing of the Cabot Strait off the coast of Newfoundland, the ferry SS Caribou was torpedoed by the German submarine U-69. The ferry sank in five minutes. Fighting for her own survival, LCdr Brooke did everything humanly possible to save the life of her colleague and friend, Nursing Sister SLt Agnes Wilkie, while both women clung to ropes on a capsized lifeboat. In spite of LCdr Brooke’s heroic efforts to hang on to her with one arm, her friend succumbed to the frigid water. "