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BROWN, Alan Roy

Service Number:	WX7947
Enlisted:	13 August 1940
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 24 July 1908
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Singapore, 12 February 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Reference: Coll. grave 28. C. 10-14. Roll of Honour: Northam, Western Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX7947
13 Aug 1940:	Involvement Private, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
13 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Private, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA, Australia
13 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
30 Dec 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked from 7MD for overseas service, disembarking in Singapore on 24 Jan 1942.
24 Jan 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
24 Jan 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, HQ No. 3 Platoon Driver.
12 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, WX7947, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, MIA confirmed KIA.

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Henry Robert, & Annie Jane BROWN.