Allan Daniel BROWN

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BROWN, Allan Daniel

Service Number:	872
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aldershot, England, United Kingdom, 1885
Home Town:	South Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School
Occupation:	Carpenter, Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: A silent thought a secret tear still keeps his memory dear, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 872, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 872, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 872, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 872, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 872 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-30

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William and Maria Brown later known as Maria Walker of Guilford, NSW.

Husband of Fanny Brown of Spring Street, South Grafton, NSW. Following the death of Fanny next of kin was altered to his two sons(both minors) C/- of their guardian Lena Shepherd of Mullumbimby, NSW

Father of Stanley Brown and Raymond Gregory Brown

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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