BROWN, James Stuart Douglas
| Service Number: | 2581 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery IV J 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2581, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2581, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2581, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2581, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2581 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-03-02 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
James Stuart Douglas BROWN, (Service Number 2581) was born at Alexandria on 28 October 1890. He began work as an apprentice clerk in the electric tramways branch of the NSWGR&T in 1907. Over the ensuing eight years he became a junior clerk and then a clerk, working at Randwick, Ultimo, Dowling Street, Fort Macquarie, Head Office and Waverley. On 18 July 1915 he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces, and on the same day enlisted in the AIF. He left Australia on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 2 November.
He quickly rose from the rank of Private to become a Sergeant on 19 August 1916. The promotion raised issues with the Railways. They needed to know the date as they had guaranteed his pay at the pre-war rate, and once his pay increased, as a Sergeant, there was a smaller margin for them to have to make up.
He was killed in action near Baupaume, France on 2 March 1917. He is buried in the Warlencourt British Cemetery 2¼ miles south-west of Baupaume.
(NAA B2455-3129881)
Submitted 12 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Edward and Isabella Brown, of Douglas, Shegans Bay, Woy Woy, New South Wales.
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND AND A DUTY NOBLY DONE
Member of the Glebe 96 Lodge
BROWN.—Killed in action in France, March 2, 1917, Sergeant J. S. D. Brown (Douglas), aged 26, dearly beloved eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown, 97 Buckland-street, Alexandria.
He died as he lived—nobly.
BROWN.—Killed in action in France, March 2, 1917, Sergeant J. S. D. Brown (Douglas), beloved brother of Susie and Private Stuart G. Brown (on active service).
BROWN.—Killed in action in France, March 2, Ser geant J. S. D. Brown (Douglas), dearly beloved grandson of Mrs. Fraser, and nephew of Francis Fraser. Till the day breaks.
BROWN.—Killed in action in France, March 2, 1917, Sgt. J. S. D. Brown (Douglas), aged 26, dearly beloved nephew of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Spour.
Thy will be done.
BROWN.—Sergeant J. S. D. Brown, killed in France, March 2, 1917. A true soldier and comrade. Inserted by L.-cpl. Sig. H. C. Tollis (on active service).
BROWN.—Killed in action in France, March 2, 1917, Sgt. J. S. D. Brown.
He nobly did his duty.
Inserted by his friends, Mrs. E. Paterson, May, Jessie.