Russell Stanley BROWN

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Service Numbers:	1790, Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	20 March 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1889
Home Town:	East Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Shipping Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 May 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers Bretonneaux Memorial
Memorials:	East Maitland Municipality of East Maitland Roll of Honour, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Morpeth St James Anglican Church Honour Roll, Morpeth War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 34th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
30 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 34th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion
13 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-08

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