Arthur Cornelius Brown JOLLOW

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JOLLOW, Arthur Cornelius Brown

Service Number:	2615
Enlisted:	27 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, Morlancourt, France, 12 May 1918
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France Plot I, Row C, Grave 23,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2615, 35th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2615, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2615, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
12 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2615, 35th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Arthur Cornelius Brown JOLLOW was born in Balmain, Sydney in 1894

His parents were William Henry Triggs JOLLOW & Georgina Winifred Frances BROWN who married in Sydney in 1892

He enlisted on 27th September, 1916 & embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Ascanius with the 35th Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements on 25th October, 1916

Arthur Died of Wounds at Morlancourt in France on 12th May, 1918 and is buried in the Pernois British Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

IN MEMORY

Biography contributed by Annika Lowry

Arthur Cornelius Brown lived at 47 Darley Street Newtown.

"He became godfather to his nephew and three days later embarked on the troopship Ascanius for England. He never returned, dying of wounds received in the battle of Amiens on May 12, 1918. He is buried in a military cemetery at Pernois, about 5km from a place called Prise Sur Canaple, situated between Abbeville and Amiens, but not in a direct line."

Memory Extracted from "A boy and his memories" by Arthur Jollow (junior) - god son and nephew of Arthur Cornelius Brown (nla.gov.au)

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