Roy Alexander BROWN

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BROWN, Roy Alexander

Service Number:	811
Enlisted:	23 March 1915, Victoria Barracks, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	War related illness, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1919
Cemetery:	Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Baptist, Sect: D, 73 (GRM/2*).
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Victoria Barracks, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 811, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 811, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
Date unknown:	Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

811 Private Roy Alexander Brown, 20th Battalion was discharged from the AIF as medically unfit in August 1916. He later enlisted for Home Service in the Australian Army Medical Corps-Service Number 48

Son of Mrs. Amelia Brown, [1860-1941] of 6 Stewart Street, Balmain, New South Wales.

Enlistment date 23 March 1915
20th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/1
Age at embarkation 21
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on 25 June 1915

Returned to Australia 11 March 1916

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