BROWNING, Gordon Charles
| Service Number: | 6298 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tallagatta, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plate Layer |
| Died: | Northam, Western Australia, 31 October 1949, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Northam Memorial Hospital |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6298, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6298, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Fremantle | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 4 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 28th Infantry Battalion, France - Gassed | |
| 24 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 6298, 28th Infantry Battalion, per HT City of Exeter to Fremantle | |
| 24 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6298, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Gordon Charles Browning (Service No:6298) enlisted in the AIF on 18 October 1916 and was a Private attached to 27 Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Fremantle on 23 December 1916 on board HMAT Berrimah A35. Corporal Browning served in France with 27 and 28 Infantry Battalions, and was WiA on 4 November 1917 (Gassed). He embarked for Fremantle on 12 July 1919 on board HT City of Exeter and was Discharged on 24 September 1919. Brother Thomas (Service No:516) was KiA at Gallipoli and Alexander ( Service No:7266) also served in WWI.
Born in 1889 in Tallagatta Victoria, Bill was the second of seven children of Charles Browning (b1865 in Daylesford, Victoria) and Susan Gemmill (b1871 in Heathcote, Victoria). Charles and Susan were in Albury NSW when they married in 1888 and had relocated to Northam WA by 1897. They settled in Northam where they raised their family and Charles worked as a Railways Ganger/Labourer.
Bill worked as a Plate Layer on the Railways in Northam and in 1912 married Maude Elizabeth McBride (b1893 in Northam, WA). Bill and Maude settled in Northam where they raised their family and Bill worked for WAGR. Bill died in 1949 and Maude in 1955.