BROWNING, Oakley Alsop
| Service Number: | 9587 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dispenser |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, England, 11 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9587, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF) | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 9587, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 9587, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 30 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Field Ambulance | |
| 10 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9587, 12th Field Ambulance, Discharge to join RAF where he was later killed in an air accident |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 11th August......Oakley Alsop Browning was born at Carlton, Victoria around 1888. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 6th October, 1915 as a 24 year old, single, Dispenser from Ardrossan, South Australia.
Private Browning embarked from Adelaide, South Australia on RMS Mongolia on 9th March, 1916 with the First Australian Stationary Hospital, 15th Reinforcements with A.A.M.C. (Australian Army Medical Corps) & reported for duty at 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismalia on 7th April, 1916.
Private Browning was transferred to 46th Battalion on 30th April, 1916. He was admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance on 16th October, 1916 with influenza & was discharged to duty on 23rd October, 1916.
Private Oakley Alsop Browning proceeded to R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps) School of Instruction on 11th November, 1916 & was transferred to No. 1 R.F.C. Cadet Battalion at Denham, England.
Private Oakley Alsop Browning was discharged from Australian Imperial Force, in England, having been granted a Commission in the Imperial Army on 16th March, 1917. He had served for 1 year & 162 days.
Cadet Oakley Alsop Browning received a Commission in the Royal Flying Corps on 11th April, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant Oakley Alsop Browning was attached to 14 RS (Reserve Squadron) from 21st March, 1917 then transferred to 6 RS (Reserve Squadron) at Catterick, Yorkshire, England on 23rd May, 1917.
Second Lieutenant Oakley Alsop Browning, of No. 6 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was piloting an Avro 504A Serial number 7967 out of Catterick Aerodrome on 11th August, 1917. His plane collided with B.E. 12 Serial number 6575 which was being piloted by Lieutenant Errington Edward Castle of New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant Oakley Alsop Browning died at 10.40 am on 11th August, 1917 ten yards outside the Catterick Aerodrome, Yorkshire, England as a result of his aeroplane colliding with another piloted by Lieutenant Errington Edward Castle who died on 12th August, 1917.
A Court of Inquiry was held – “The collision between BE 12 6575 & Avro 7967 was due to the fact that the pilot of the Avro failed to see the BE 12 in time & that the pilot of the BE 12 had not ____ to turn quickly enough to avoid a collision – partly owing to the inability of this type of machine to turn very rapidly.”
Both Pilots were buried in Catterick Cemetery, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/catterick.html
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