Clarence Charles William BROWN

BROWN, Clarence Charles William

Service Number: 516
Enlisted: 23 February 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gladstone South Australia, 19 November 1893
Home Town: Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Porter (S.A.R.)
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery: AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France
Plot X, Row L Grave No. 8,
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1
31 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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12 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
5 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 516, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography

 

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

THE LATE LANCE CORPORAL C. C. BROWN

Mr. and Mrs. C. Brown, of the Railways Department, Warnertown, have been advised that their son, Lance-Corporal C. C. Brown, aged 24, was killed in France on November 5. He was previously reported as missing. Lance-Corporal Brown, well known as "Card," enlisted on February 26, 1915, and sailed in May of the same year. He served on Gallipoli and subsequently went to France. Lance-Corporal Brown was connected with the traffic branch of the South Australian Railways Department prior to enlisting. He was highly respected by a large circle of friends.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87439305 (nla.gov.au)

 

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