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BROWN, Frederick John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3783 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Koonoomoo, Victoria, Australia, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Noggerup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leongatha Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3783, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3783, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3783, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3783, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3783 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
According to eye witnesses, Frederick John Brown was killed instantly by a shell explosion on 12 October 1917. His younger brother 142 Pte. Robert Melbourne Brown of the 16th Battalion AIF was killed in action April 25th, 1915, age 20. Both had attended Leongatha State School in their youth.