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Joseph Henry BROWN

Regimental number3140
Date of birth4 June 1889
Place of birthGoulburn, New South Wales
SchoolGoulburn Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, H Brown, Goulburn, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 15 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 7), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Fanny BROWN, Harris Street, Fairfield, New South Wales. Native of Goulburn, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5302 Pte Jesse William BROWN, 1st Australian Venterinary Evacuation Station, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919; 3260 Pte Arthur John BROWN, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 December 1918.

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