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BROWN, Robert Rae
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX26178 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1915 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1985, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26178 | |
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| 14 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX26178 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Watkins
Robert Rae Brown enlisted in 8 Div Engineers who were sent to Singapore where they were captured by the Japanese. He endured the rest of the war as a POW of the Japanese. He survived because he was young and wiry and able to live on meager rations.
After the war, he returned to Newcastle where he married Margaret Conolly on 19 Jan 1946. They had three children.
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