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Warren Howard BROWN

Regimental number32539
Place of birthKanowna, Western Australia
SchoolGuildford Grammar School, Western Australia
Other trainingTrinity College, University of Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationUniversity student
AddressMundaring, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Lovegrove, Mundaring, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Melbourne University Rifles, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 24, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/134/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 14 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 20 April 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Second given name entered on Nominal Roll as Harward; year of death entered as 1919.
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary Brown, Mundaring, Western Australia. Native of Kanowna, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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