Joseph BROWN

BROWN, Joseph

    Service Numbers: 323, 270
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Glasgow Scotland, 24 October 1877
    Home Town: Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Grace Plains School, South Australia
    Occupation: Colt Breaker/Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 5 June 1915, aged 37 years
    Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
    Plot 4, Row A, Grave 36.
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mallala Grace Plains School Honor Roll
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    Boer War Service

    28 Jan 1901: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
    9 Feb 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, SS Ormazan.
    22 Oct 1901: Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 323, Slightly wounded at Kaffirstad.

    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 270, Morphettville, South Australia
    22 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
    22 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    4 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 270 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-06-04

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    Biography

    Enlisted 26 Aug 1914

    Married:  Mary Anne Storey in Kalgoorlie W.A. on 06 Oct 1904.
     
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