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Jerome Stanley Tressillian BROWN

Regimental number6522
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGlebe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 5.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs G M Brown, 30 Renwick Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the 26th Bn, Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date1 April 1916
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date31 December 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ruahine', 12 May 1918; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, back, right leg), Sydney, 31 December 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death11 August 1962
Age at death68
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 12, 3632), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROWN Jerome Stanley Tressillian

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