Joseph BROWN

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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 / Boxer Rebellion), Trooper, SN 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
9 Feb 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion), Lance Corporal, SN 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, SS Ormazan.
22 Oct 1901: Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion), Lance Corporal, SN 323, Slightly wounded at Kaffirstad.

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 270, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
22 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
4 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, SN 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli

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Biography

Enlisted 26 Aug 1914

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