Edward James BROWNFIELD

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BROWNFIELD, Edward James

Service Number:	4147
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Eureka Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 40
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4147, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4147, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Private Brownfield was the only son of Mrs Susan Brownfield, of Martin Street, Ballarat East. He was in his 19th year, and was educated at the Eureka Street State school. Prior to enlisting he was working at the Sunnyside Woollen Mills. Brownfield was the sole support of his widowed mother. He had only left Australia on during late December 1915.

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