Negus Edward BROWN

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BROWN, Negus Edward

Service Number:	5335
Enlisted:	3 October 1915, Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1882
Home Town:	Berridale, Snowy River, New South Wales
Schooling:	Berridale Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berridale War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

3 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5335, 1st Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5335, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5335, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
30 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion
3 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 5335, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5335 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-03

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Negus Edward BROWN was born in Cooma, New South Wales on 1st February, 1882

His parents were Negus BROWN & Isabella McDONALD who married in St Pauls Church in Cooma, NSW on 25th September, 1878

He married Emily Adeline FOSTER in Cooma in 1915 - one known daughter Kathleen born 1916 Cooma

He enlisted in Goulburn on 3rd October, 1915 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Ceramic on 13th April, 1916 with the 1st Infantry Battalion, 17th reinforcements - he was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion on 30th September, 1916

Negus was Killed in Action in France on 3rd April, 1917 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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