BROWNE, Herbert Arthur
| Service Number: | 578 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Ann's, Nottingham, England., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery Grave Reference: VI T 4, Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 578, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 578, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Bn.'C' Coy
He embarked with his unit from Melbourne 10/5/1915 aboard HMAT A38 Ulysses.
His next of kin was given as [his mother] Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Browne of 3, Lotus Street, St Ann's, Nottingham. In 1911 they lived with Sarah's parents at Lock House, Canal Side, Nottingham.
There is a record of his marriage to Kezia Eliza Gover in Walthamstow, London E.17 on 25th October 1917. She was the beneficiary of his will.
He was an apprentice plumber in 1911 and a labourer upon enlistment.
He was originally buried in MELBOURNE CEMETERY, MONTBREHAIN, on the South side of the Montbrehain-Ramicourt road, containing the graves of 15 Australian soldiers (13 of whom belonged to the 24th Battalion, from Victoria,) who fell on the 5th October, 1918.