Regimental number | 2584 |
Place of birth | Tarago, Victoria |
School | Rokeby State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Orchardist |
Address | Gippsland, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A Brown, Tarago via Drouin, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 13th Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces, for 3 years. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexander And Catherine BROWN. Native of Gippsland, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to, and proceeded to 7th Bn from 6th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 24 February 1916; taken on strength of 7th Bn, Serapeum, 24 February 1916, and reverted to the rank of Private. Admitted to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 20 March 1916 (parotitis); discharged, 27 March 1916. Taken on strength of 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Promoted Lance Corporal, Ferry Post, 26 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Previous report of missing now, 30 April 1916, to be reported as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on B.103, 'presumed to be buried in No Man's Land at approx 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'. Statement, Red Cross File No 560405, 4588 Pte C.H. SAUNDERS, A Company, 59th Bn (patient, Woodcote Park Hospital, England), 26 September 1916: 'About an hour before the advance on 19th July informant saw L/C Brown lying wounded in the face & legs, in an exposed position, (sic) (shells were dropping all round)[.] Informant advised Brown to get to a safer place. He got up and staggered away.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BROWN Alexander Malcolm
Red Cross file 560405 |