Dudley Raymond BROWN

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BROWN, Dudley Raymond

Service Number:	S31183
Enlisted:	6 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia, 30 March 1914
Home Town:	Cumberland Park, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Norwood Central School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 7 April 1991, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Saint George's Cemetery, Magill, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

6 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, S31183
6 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Unley, SA
6 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S31183
29 Nov 1943:	Discharged
29 Nov 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S31183

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of five brothers and numerous cousins to serve in WWII, Private Dudley Raymond Brown (Service No:31183) served in the ACMF from 6 March 1941 to 29 November 1943 with 10 Battalion VDC and 219 Light Aid Detachment.

Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1914, Dudley was fourth of six children of Harold Henry Sidney Brown (b1882 at South Hummocks on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia) and Mary Anne Kempster (b1884 in Magill, South Australia). Harold was a Labourer in Kadina when he and Mary married in 1903 in New Town, Kadina. They lived in Kadina and Cowell before settling in Adelaide by 1912. Harold worked as a Labourer and for the Tramways as a Conductor and Motor Man.

Dudley worked as a Motor Driver in the 1930s, and was a Mechanic in 1943 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1943 in Adelaide he married Jean Florence Hamblin (b1920 in Magill, South Australia) - Jean was a Shop Assistant in Magill. Dudley and Jean settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family. Dudley died in 1991 and Jean in 1997.

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