Allan Percy BROWN

BROWN, Allan Percy

Service Number: SX8378
Enlisted: 9 July 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Broken Hill, NSW, 10 November 1913
Home Town: Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling: Alberton and Port Central schools
Occupation: Employee South Australian Railways
Died: Illness, Burma, 9 August 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
A5. F. 3., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tailem Bend and District Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

9 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX8378, Wayville, SA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1931 - 1954) Wednesday 7 March 1945

Private Casualty Advices

Mrs. D. Brown, of Stonehaven street, Rosewater Gardens, has been informed that her husband, Pte. Allan P. Brown, died of illness on or after September 1, 1943, while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. Pte. Brown was educated at the Alberton and Port Central schools, and was a keen Scouter, having been a member of the Alberton troop for many years. At the time of enlisting he was employed by   the SA railways, and was stationed at Tailem Bend. Pte. Brown was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Carson, of Stonehaven street, Rosewater Gardens. 

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