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BROWN, George Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3999 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | 27 May 1980, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Collingwood Cambridge Street State School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3999, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3999, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
George Edward Brown
George Brown was born in Sunbury, Victoria on 20/7/1896 and was working as a Grocer when he joined the AIF on 17/7/1915. He was allotted to the 6th Battalion and left Melbourne on 23/11/1915. He returned to Australia on 8/12/1916 and was discharged as medically unfit on 24/1/1917.
In 1922 he was living in Noone Street Clifton Hill, and in 1928 at 90 Pine Street Reservoir. By 1928 he had married.
He died on 27/5/1980.
Submitted 16 December 2022 by Ross Martin