BROWN, James Jack
| Service Number: | 6286 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | San Francisco, California, USA, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jockey |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Plot II, Row N, Grave 12, Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6286, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6286, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6286, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From François Berthout
It is here, at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Somme, that my day with my boys of the Somme ends but if we are here today, it is to honor the memory of the great uncle of one of my friends in Australia, Private number 6286 James Jack Brown who fought in the 20th Australian Infantry Battalion and was killed in action on April 27, 1918 at the age of 24.
We wish to thank from the bottom of our hearts his great niece, Jennifer Em who allowed us to be present here this morning in her behalf and in the behalf of her family for whom we have the deepest respect, a respect and a love which unites Australia and France in the remembrance.
Bouzincourt remained partly in German hands after the battles of March 1918. The eastern end of the village was attacked by the 12th and 18th Divisions at the end of June 1918, and cleared in the latter half of August. In the first week of September, Plot 1 of Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery was made by the 5th Corps Burial Officers, who cleared the battlefields and the remaining Plots were formed after the Armistice when 500 graves were brought in from the immediate neighbourhood.
Today, 711 men, including James, rest in peace here.Forever young, they watch solemn and proud on these fields of memory behind the shadows of their white graves between which grow the poppies on which were shed the blood of a whole generation of men who fought side by side for their country and for France who will be forever grateful to them and on whom I would always watch with devotion, with respect and love to keep their memory strong and alive so that they are never forgotten and may their lives, their courage and their sacrifices be remembered forever beyond the fields of the Somme where for their loved ones and for us they gave their lives so that we can have a tomorrow.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,we will remember them.
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