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BROWN, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3472 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 17 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Westbrook, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Umbirom State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Thallon War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3472, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3472, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3472, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of James Andrew and Marion Brown, of Umbiram, Queensland.
Jack Brown joined the 49th Battalion during August 1917 and would see much hard fighting in Belgium later in the year.
The 49th Battalion assisted in the repulse of a large German attack on 5 April 1918 launching a critical counter-attack late in the afternoon at Dernancourt.
Jack Brown was seen to be hit and killed by a bullet during the advance. His body was later lost.
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