John Anderson BROWN

BROWN, John Anderson

    Service Number: 5048
    Enlisted: 27 September 1915
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Swanpool, Victoria, July 1894
    Home Town: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5048, 8th Infantry Battalion
    1 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5048, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
    1 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5048, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    9 Jun 1916: Promoted Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion
    4 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    1 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5048, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5048 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    Capt Percy Lay MC, DCM, MM, 8th Battalion, A Coy commented in his diary on 20th September, 1917 that the 8th Battalion lost a number of officers and "...we lost a few slashing good NCO’s ...  Sgt John Brown."

     

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