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BROWN, Claud Vernon

Service Number:	VX38587
Enlisted:	6 August 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia , 30 January 1910
Home Town:	Pyramid Hill, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Died of wounds, Malaya, 4 February 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Kranji Col 115
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX38587, Royal Park, Victoria
6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38587
4 Feb 1942:	Involvement Gunner, VX38587, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore

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Biography contributed by Bruce Frazer

Buried in an unknown jungle grave, near Muar, Malaya