BROWSE, Samuel Alexander
| Service Numbers: | 1885, 2043 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portsmouth, UK, 21 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sea Lake, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Zounebeke, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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), Sea Lake District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1885, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1885, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1885, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 14 Apr 1917: | Wounded Corporal, 2043, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Admitted to 1 General Hospital, Gun Shot Wound to Right Shoulder and Left Hand | |
| 26 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZEITE, 26 APRIL, 1917 - 3948 His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field. 2043 L./C. S. A. Browse, Austrailian Imperial Force Inf. Bn | |
| 18 Aug 1917: | Involvement 2043, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Rejoined Unit | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2043, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2043 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steven Archibald
Samuel Alexander BROWSE, Born at Portsmouth, 21st Sept, 1887, to parents Samuel and Margaret Browse (nee Clark). The family were living at Westbourne House, St Lawrence, Jersey, where Samuel’s father was a Private with the 2nd Dragoons.
On the 1901 Census, the family were living in the New Spynie area, West Back Street, Bishopmill Elgin and his father was employed as a coachman. Samuel (19), a baker’s apprentice had two brothers – George (16) and Percival (1) and six sisters – Margaret (14), Florence (10), Beatrice (10), Lavinia (8), Maud (5) and Constance (3).
Joined at Sealake, Victoria, Australia, 1st April, 1916. served in France; wounded, April, 1917 ; killed at Zounebeke, 1st Oct., 1917 ; awarded Military Medal.