BROWN, Marcus Blake Norman
| Service Number: | 2291 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cape Barren Island, Flinders, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Cape Barren Island State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 11 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders Island Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2291, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2291, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2291, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2291, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (left thigh) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deb Robinson
"Born 1895 Cape Barren Island to Henry William and Mary Olive Brown (nee Everett) and a great grandson of Woreternemerunnertatteyane and Thomas Beeton, a labourer he embarked Melbourne 21st October 1916 on board “HMAT Port Melbourne” with the 40th Infantry Battalion.The Battalion was sent to Oosthove Farm in Belgium ready for the battle of Messines. The 40th Battalion lost 317 casualties among them Pte Marcus Brown who died at the 11th Stationary Hospital Rouen France from gunshot wounds to the wrist and left thigh on the 11th June 1917. He was buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France." - SOURCE (www.tasmanianwarcasualties.com)
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