Alfred Benjamin BROWNE

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BROWNE, Alfred Benjamin

Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	29 December 1914, An original of C Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Germanton, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1896
Home Town:	Morven, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Culcairn & District Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, 17th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 166, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 166, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
27 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 166, 17th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Alfred was killed during the attack on Hill 60 27 August 1915 according to Red Cross Wounded and Missing files.

In 1919 the Canterbury Mounted Rifles from New Zealand were occupying the Anzac area of Gallipoli. They found the following Identity disc at Hill 60 found but no remains near it. '166 Brown AB 17th AIF'. The disc was sent to Brown's brother during September 1919.

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