BROWN, Richard Joseph
| Service Number: | 10669 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10669, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 30 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10669, 3rd Divisional Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: Embarkation date incorrectly recorded on original roll as 3 May 1916 | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10669, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 19 Feb 1918: | Transferred Lance Corporal, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged Lance Corporal, 10669, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
The younger son of Mr. Charles Brown of Granville, Richard was born at Parramatta in 1894 and educated at the Parramatta Public School. He joined the clericial staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in September, 1910.
Enlisting as a Private in the Army Service Corps on December 31, 1915, he was shortly afterwards made a Lance Corporal and proceeded to France, where he saw a great deal of fighting at Messines, Ypres, and Armentieres till the end of 1917, when he was invalided to England on account of Rheumatism. After six months' home service in England, he was transferred to the Australian Flying corps as an air mechanic, and returned to France at the end of June, 1918, with the Second Flying Squadron, remaining on service in this capacity till the end of hostilities.
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