David BROWNLIE

BROWNLIE, David

    Service Number: 3703
    Enlisted: 21 August 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1887
    Home Town: Balgownie, Wollongong, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 2 July 1916, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier
    Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 11.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balgownie Presbyterian Church Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3703, 4th Infantry Battalion
    30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3703, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3703, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
    2 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 3703, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3703 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-02

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    David was the son of James and Mary Nairn Stewart Brownlie, of Balgownie, New South Wales. He was a miner and electrical engineer in the Mt Pleasant colliery, prior to the war.

    He was killed three weeks after arriving in France, serving near Armentieres. A shell blew in the parapet of a trench he was in with 5 or 6 others. David was the only casualty, mortally hit by a piece of the shell.

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