Ernest Angus BROWN

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BROWN, Ernest Angus

Service Numbers:	3279A, 3279
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Egerton, Victoria, January 1894
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Dana Street State School
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 21 August 1916
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3279A, Brisbane, Queensland
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3279A, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3279A, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
21 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3279, 9th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3279 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-21

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...3279 Corporal Ernest Angus Brown, 25th Battalion, of Ballarat, Vic. Pte Brown was a bank accountant before enlisting on 6 August 1915. He embarked from Brisbane on HMAT Itonus on 30 December 1915 with the 7th Reinforcements. He was transferred to 9th Battalion on 4 March 1916, and was killed in action in France on 21 August 1916, aged 22." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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