BROWN, Frederick Eales
| Service Number: | 13264 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter & Turner |
| Memorials: | Benalla Presbyterian Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 13264, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 13264, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Karoola, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
It has been difficult to find definitive evidence for the man recorded as F. Brown on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo. The most likely identification appears to be Frederick Eales Brown, due to the following evidence:
• The name of Frederick Brown was among the seven names recorded on the first Roll of Honor at St John’s Presbyterian Church. (June, 1915)
• The name of Frederick Eales Brown is listed on the Electoral Roll for Bendigo in 1914.
Frederick Eales Brown was born in Benalla, the son of Mr F T Brown of Bridge St, Benalla. Frederick was a Fitter & Turner and had completed his apprenticeship with the Victorian Railways at Newport. Whilst at school in Benalla he was a member of the Junior Cadets.
He enlisted in Melbourne on 18.6.1915. He was 22 years and 6 months old, and described as being 5’ 5½”in height, with a fresh complexion, blue eyes and black hair. Stationed initially at 16 Depot Bendigo, he was later appointed to the Army Medical Corps and allocated Service No. 13264. He embarked from Australia with AMC Special Reinforcements on 7.3.16.
He joined the 12th Field Ambulance at Serapeum in Egypt on 20th April, 1916, and embarked for France in June, 1916. On 10th December he was attached for Temporary Duty with 1st Anzac Corps Engineers Workshop, returning to 12th Field Ambulance on 7th March, 1917.
Frederick Eales Brown was Wounded in Action on 4.10.17 sustaining a Gunshot wound to his right shoulder. Stretcher bearers had been called into action during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, near Ypres in Belgium. Frederick was admitted to hospital and later transferred to England. He was discharged from hospital on 16.11.17 and spent some months at Hurdcott before being sent to the Convalescent Depot at Weymouth in September, 1918. He embarked for Return to Australia on 8th November, 1918.
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone