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BROWN, Spencer William

Service Numbers:	NX133319, NX13319, N232893
Enlisted:	14 November 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Field Regiment
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 18 October 1921
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Barker College and Manly High School
Occupation:	Junior Clerk
Died:	14 January 1973, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

14 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment
30 Jul 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Embarked at Townsville per HMAS ‘Katoomba’.
4 Aug 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Disembarked at Port Moresby (New Guinea).
16 Feb 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Disembarked at Brisbane.
18 Feb 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Embarked at Port Moresby.
2 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX13319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Embarked at Townsville per ‘General Anderson’ (American ship).
8 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Disembarked at Morotai (Indonesia).
22 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Embarked at Morotai per 1st 457 ‘Amherst Victory’ (American ship) for service at Balikpapan (Dutch Borneo).
17 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Embarked at Balikpapan per 1st 457 ‘Amherst Victory’.
25 Jan 1946:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment, Disembarked Brisbane.
2 Apr 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX133319, 2nd/4th Field Regiment

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Private, N232893, 18th Field Battery, Before enlisting in WW2. Note on DVA Nominal records his service number was N232893.

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