Regimental number | 16515 |
Place of birth | Forbes, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Wyalong, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Next of kin | Father, Edmund Brown, Gilbert Street, Wyalong, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | December 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/42/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLI, Row B, Grave No. 6), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Wyalong Roll of Honour. Parents: Edmund and Mary BROWN, Gilbert Street, Wyalong, New South Wales. Born at Forbes, New South Wales |
Other details |
Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales. War service: Western Front Embarked from Sydney, 2 December 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 17 February 1917. Marched in to Engineering Training Depot, Brightlingsea, 28 February 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 16 May 1917; taken on strength, 1st Field Company Engineers, 5 June 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Father, Edmund Brown, Gilbert Street, Wyalong, granted a pension of one pound fifteen shillings per fortnight from 25 December 1917. |