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BROWN, Edward John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3633 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barrington, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Nietta, Central Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Nietta District Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3633, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3633, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
It was noted in corrospondence with the Defence Department that the next of kin was Mrs. Mary Magee of Westbury Tasmania, sister to 3633 Edward John Brown and sister to 2275 Private Henry Brown 15th Battalion AIF killed in action 8 August 1918, aged 25.
She stated that the brothers mother was deceased and the father had deserted the family 12 years previously.