BROWNE, Philip Gerald
| Service Numbers: | 3270, 3270A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gwambrquin Station, Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 22 July 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kupunn HB1, Milton Christ Church Honour Board, Roma Cenotaph, Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3270, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3270, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3270A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Jessie BROWNE, Durham Downs, Roma, Queensland.
Mr. and Mrs.. J. A. Browne, of Durham Downs, Roma, have received the sad news of the death in France of their youngest son, Sergeant Philip Gerald Browne, who was killed in action in France on July 22. The deceased soldier, who was 21 years of age, enlisted about 15 months ago, and at the time he left Australia was an acting sergeant in the 7th Reinforcements of the 25th Battalion. He subsequently won promotion, and secured a transfer as sergeant to one of the other famous infautry battalions. At the time of his enlistment the late Sergeant Browne, who was an old Toowoomba Grammar School boy, was studying for the Church. He had been in St. John's College, and subsequently went to the college at Nundah, whence he was the first to join the colours. Lieutenant Roy Macpherson Browne, a brother, is at present at the Front in France, and another brother, Lieutenant Arthur Jemotte Browne, is in camp at Fraser's Paddock. A fourth brother wished to enlist, but was medically unfit.
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