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BROWN, Charles Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 589 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 8 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Chatswood Preparatory School and Fort Street Model School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrical Engineering Student |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Armentières, France , 28 June 1916, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 589, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 589, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 589, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Corporal Charles Thomas Brown (589, 13th Battalion) was born in Ryde, NSW, on 8 January 1899. He was studying electrical engineering before he enlisted in September 1914 under the alias Charles Bennett. Charles was killed late in the evening of 28 June 1916 when the battalion came under heavy bombardment while relieving the 18th Battalion at White City Post near Erquinghem, France. He is buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France. Charles was 17 and a half years old at the time of his death.
Australian War Memorial - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11012662
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