BROWNE, Walter John
| Service Number: | 5055 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
| Born: | Blakeville, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Blakeville State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Well Borer |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 6 November 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave 43 Longuenesse Cemetery apparently used a double-burial system. Buried with Walter Browne is: W 930 Gunner E. Eagling, Royal Field Artillery, died 5 November 1918 age 29. Headstone inscribed ‘Peace Perfect Peace’ |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5055, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5055, Embarked on HMAT 'A35' Berrima from Sydney | |
| 17 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Saddler, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 12th Field Company Engineers | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5055, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, Died of Illness |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Edward Thomas and Mary Ellen (nee Wakeman) Browne.
He enlisted under the name of John Browne, rather than Walter John Browne
Biography contributed by Yvonne Delaney
Jack was the 10th child, and 6th of 7 sons and 5 daughters of Edward Thomas and Mary ELLEN (nee Wakeham) Browne. He was born a twin with Frederick Charles who sadly only lived 4 months. His mother died in 1904 when John was 14 and the family moved from Blakeville to Bacchus Marsh. He became a well-borer and worked all around Victoria prior to enlisting.
He seems to have changed his name around a fair bit, Walter John is on his birth certificate, other times seen as John Walter but was known in the family as Jack.
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