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Herbert Cecil BROWN

Regimental number1110
Place of birthTerowie, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGardiner Street, Wallaroo, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Gardiner Street, Wallaroo, South Australia
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on 7 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row G, Grave No. 12), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Wallaroo Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: Albert Edward (d. 30 December 1931, aged 67; bu. Wallaroo Cemetery) and Alice Bertha (d. 27 April 1900, aged 33; bu. Wallaroo Cemetery) BROWN
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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