BROWN, Charles Thomas
| Service Number: | 544 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Muswellbrook, NSW, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Baerami, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Belton Military Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 30 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grantham Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England 15 C 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baerami Goulburn River District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 544, 9th Machine Gun Company, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 544, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 544, 9th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
This profile has serial numbers of two different men. Charles Thomas Brown.544. DOI- 30-4-17, and Charles Thomas Brown.589. KIA- 28-6-16 and already has a profile.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 30th April…… Charles Thomas Brown was born on 25th May, 1883 at Widden Creek, near Denman & Muswellbrook, New South Wales.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th June, 1916 as a 33 year old, single, Farmer from Denman, via Muswellbrook, NSW.
Private Charles Thomas Brown, Service number 544, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on RMS Osterley on 14th February, 1917 with the 9th Machine Gun Company, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 11th April, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England.
On 12th April, 1917 Private Brown was marched in to A.M.G.T.D. (Australian Machine Gun Training Depot) at Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
He was sent sick to Belton Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire on 23rd April, 1917 with Broncho-pneumonia.
Private Charles Thomas Brown died at 1.50 am on 30th April, 1917 at Belton Military Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England from Broncho-Pneumonia.
He was buried in Grantham Cemetery, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England where 5 other WW1 Australian War Graves (or connected to Australia) are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/grantham.html
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