BROWN, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1149 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sneinton , Nottingham, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer's Assistant in England/Labourer in Australia. |
| Died: | Bomb wounds to the abdomen, At sea (HS Gascon), 10 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea-commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 64, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1149, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1149, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1149, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Brown of 26 Windmill Lane, Nottingham, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Frederick Brown was the son of John, a baker and Elizabeth Baker.
His father, John was born in 1865 in Ilkeston, his mother, Elizabeth was born in 1868 in Sneinton. They were married in 1888 and had 4 children all of whom were born in Sneinton.They were :
John b 1891, Frederick b 1893, Winifred Mary b 1899 and Wilfred Henry b 1908. In the 1911 census, his parents were living at separate addresses in Sneinton. His father is living at 26 Windmill Lane - 46 years of age and a baker, he is living with his sons John 20 years a law clerk and Frederick 17 years a printer’s assistant. Also at the address is a Mary Jane Hall 31 years, a housekeeper, meanwhile his mother Elizabeth is living at 13 Castle Street, Sneinton; she is shown as 43 years and a hosiery worker. She is living with two of her children, Winifred Mary 12 years and Wilfred Henry 3 years.
Private Frederick Brown, enlisted on 1st April 1915, in Sydney, Australia giving his occupation as that of labourer. He served with the 20th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
In memoriam published 18th October 1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “BROWN. – Died of wounds, September 10th, 1915, on hospital ship, Private Frederick Brown, age 22, of the Australian Contingent, beloved son of John Brown, of 26, Windmill Lane, Sneinton. Oh for the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still. – From his sorrowing father, brother and sister [illegible], Winnie.”
He is remembered on the Nottingham (Sneinton) - St Stephen's Church War Memorial.
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