Regimental number | 1918 |
Place of birth | Mudgee, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Motor driver |
Address | Cumberland Street, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18.6 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 122 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, C A Brown, Cumberland Street, Cessnock, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the 14th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Gravestone incorrectly lists service number as 2918. Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1919 Pte Thomas BROWN, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 17 March 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Kanowna', 11 May 1916; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right thigh), Sydney, 24 May 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died at 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick of (a) amoyboid disease of kidneys (b) gun shot wound, left thigh. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 25 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis (.R.C. 4. 435), Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BROWN Frank |