BROWN, Albert George
| Service Number: | 87 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ascot Vale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Saddler |
| Died: | Massive Pulmonary Embolism, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1961, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden Of Remembrance 3 Wall Niches Section 6 Compartment B Niche 177 |
| Memorials: | Kensington ANA Flemington Branch No69 Honour Roll, Tranancore St. George's Church of England Parkville Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 87, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 87, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Melbourne | |
| 22 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 87, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound, left thigh |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Anzac Day at Ascot Vale School
Private Albert Brown, of Steele st., Moonee Ponds, who had returned wounded from the front, received a round of applause. He mentioned that 12 years ago he was a pupil at the Ascot Vale school, and he was pleased to come back and see the school again. The day was not one for cheering, but the proceedings were arranged out of respect for those who had lost their lives fighting for the flag. The Australians were good fighters, and he hoped that there would be no compulsion, but that the boys would go to the front of their own accord. As regards himself he went with the first contingent in the transport Southern, and they were not caught by the Emden. After describing what the boys had done, he counselled his hearers not to forget what they had done, and that they had laid down their lives for their country.
ASCOT VALE. (1916, April 27). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 1 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved January 29, 2012, from
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74592743
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