1. Dallas Brooks took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918, for which he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order.
24 Facts About Dallas Brooks
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Dallas Brooks imbued his men with the highest degree of devotion to duty.
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Dallas Brooks represented Hampshire eight times in the 1919, making his maiden first-class century against Gloucestershire with a score of 107.
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Dallas Brooks represented Hampshire in nine first-class matches between 1919 and 1921, with his final first-class appearance for the county coming against Middlesex.
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Dallas Brooks scored 244 runs for Hampshire at a batting average of 16.26, with one century and one half century and a high score of 107.
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In 1920, Dallas Brooks made his second first-class century, this time for the Royal Navy against the Army, which gave him his highest first-class score of 143.
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Dallas Brooks played as an all-rounder for the Royal Navy, a role he did not fill at Hampshire.
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Additionally, Dallas Brooks represented the Combined Services with four first-class matches.
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Dallas Brooks graduated from the Royal Navy Staff College in 1934, and from 1943 served as Director-General of the Political Warfare Executive.
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Dallas Brooks was promoted to general in 1948, knighted that year, and retired in May 1949.
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Dallas Brooks was appointed Governor of Victoria by Premier Thomas Hollway and served from 1949 to 1963.
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Dallas Brooks served in this capacity for almost seven months after the governor-general, Viscount Dunrossil, suddenly died in office in 1961 after serving only one year.
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Dallas Brooks was in effect acting governor-general until the appointment of the Viscount De L'Isle.
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Dallas Brooks served the state for over 13 years, becoming Victoria's longest-serving governor.
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Dallas Brooks built a house in Frankston and died there three years later.
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Dallas Brooks was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria of Freemasons from 1951 to 1963.
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Dallas Brooks was Victoria's longest-serving Grand Master, and he is the only governor of any Australian state initiated to the craft while serving as governor.
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Dallas Brooks had expressed a desire to become a freemason while in England but he had stated that he preferred to become initiated in Australia.
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Dallas Brooks met with the Grand Master of Victoria and notified him.
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Dallas Brooks was initiated in the Clarke Lodge No 98 on 6 February 1950 and was passed and raised within two months.
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Dallas Brooks became Worshipful Master of the Lodge only five months after his initiation and he was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Victoria the following year.
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The hall was renamed in 1993 from the Dallas Brooks Hall to the Dallas Brooks Centre and was a major events venue in Melbourne until 2016 when it was demolished to build an apartment complex.
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The Melbourne suburb of Dallas was named after Sir Dallas, as well as Dallas Brooks Drive in Kings Domain.
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Dallas Brooks was the grandfather of journalist and television presenter Jennifer Byrne.