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BRAND, Allan
| Service Number: | 2038 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rufus, NSW, Australia, 9 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | 27 December 1968, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Goodwood Road, Pasadena, South Australia. |
| Memorials: | Berri WW1 Gate of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2038, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2038, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 2038, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nuriootpa High School
Allan Brand was born in NSW (New South Wales), Australia 1898 but he grew up in Renmark, South Australia. He was a Baptist and he was a station hand before he signed up, on the 13 of November 1915 in the 9th Light Horse Regiment, 14 Reinforcement, Australian Imperial Force. His first Rank was Private. He was single and 18 when he signed up and his unit embarked from Adelaide to the battle ground on board HMAT A69 Warilda on the 10 of February 1916.
He transferred to the 55th Battalion as ‘Gunner BRAND’ which is where he was awarded the Military Medal a Medal for bravery. Gunner BRAND and two corporals put out a fire that destroyed one gun and several rounds of ammunition but thanks to them they didn’t lose anyone. BRAND won the Military Medal, British Medal and Victory Medal. He married on the 20th of April 1927 to Doris NICHOLLS. He died in 1968.