BROWN, Allan Gordon
| Service Number: | S29096 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 10 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Cumberland Park, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Central School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 13 February 1984, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, S29096 | |
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| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Unley, SA | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S29096 | |
| 5 Feb 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Allan Gordon Brown (Service No:S29096) - one of five brothers and numerous cousins to serve in WWII - enlisted in the ACMF on 8 August 1940. Private Brown was attached to 6 Cavalry Brigade Coy AASC at Discharge on 5 February 1942 (Reserved Occupation).
Fifth of six children, Allan was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1916 to Harold Henry Sidney Brown (b1882 at South Hummocks on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia) and Mary Anne Kempster (b1884 in Magill, South Australia). Henry was a Labourer in Kadina, and in 1903 he and Mary married in New Town in Kadina, where they lived before settling in Adelaide by 1912. Harold worked as a Labourer, and with the Tramways as a Conductor and Motor Man.
Allan worked in Adelaide as a Labourer and Truck Driver, and in 1944 in Adelaide married Mary Iles (b1923 in Hyde Park, Adelaide, South Australia). Allan and Mary settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Allan was a Labourer and Timber Worker. Allan died in 1984 and Mary in 2012.