the radio, he was always called Michael Brooke. Brooke explained that it was thought that Reggie was not a good name for short-wave hearing, so he had besn asked to pick another. “1 chose Michael because of the baby—l bet that is the first baby who has ever had his father called after him.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25455, 9 February 1944, Page 5
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