BROWN, Albert Robert Leslie
| Service Number: | 1187 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | Narrabri, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Attunga, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 24 November 1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: | Attunga Christ Church Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1187, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) | |
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| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1187, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1187, Camel Corps, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Enlisted Three Times.
Trooper A. R. L. Brown, who has left for 'the front,' somewhere over seas, is a son of Mr. A. G. Brown, Bruntwood, Attunga. He enlisted three times. The first time was at the beginning of the war, when ho was only a little over sixteen, and his father would not let him go, knowing that he was too young. The second time he enlisted the sergeant advised his father not to let him go until he was older. However, this time at the age of nineteen, he has ridden off to the fight with his father's consent, and everybody's good wishes.
Trooper Brown worked on his father's place, and was the 'chief of staff' in putting six hundred acres under wheat. And a very able ploughman he was. As showing that the plough and athletics are not incompatible, it may be mentioned that, young Brown won the two hundred yards all-schools' championship at Tain worth, and he has won footraces since. As a horseman, he was one of the best in the district — and they breed good horsemen up that way. He enlisted in the infantry, but they soon discovered that he was a horseman and sent him on to the Light Horse at Menangle. If there is any cavalry charging to do he will be in his element. Anyway, he will help make a name for Australia. The man who enlists three times long before, his 20th birthday is bred true to the Australian type.
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