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BROWN, Gordon Theodore Griffiths

Service Numbers:	19833, S67565
Enlisted:	12 September 1915, 30th Battery
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Upper Sturt, South Australia , 1 November 1894
Home Town:	Scott's Creek, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes, West Croydon, Charles Sturt - South Australia, Australia, 23 January 1972, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Painter Court, Wall 204, Niche E036
Memorials:	Mylor St. John Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Scott's Creek & Longwood Roll of Honour, Scott's Creek and Longwood Roll of Honor, South Australian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19833, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , 30th Battery
20 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 19833, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
14 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 19833, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Driver G.T.G. BROWN spent most of late 1917-18 in hospital in France and the UK, having been diagnosed with epilepsy returning to duty for brief periods.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 19833
24 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 19833, 4MD

World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S67565
21 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, S67565, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Mar 1942:	Enlisted S67565, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Hindmarsh, SA
8 Mar 1943:	Discharged S67565, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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