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BROWN, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX60119 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1903 |
| Home Town: | Molong, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 19 January 1942, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Sp. Mem. 1. D. 2. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Molong Armed Forces Personnel Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX60119, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX60119, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1942: | Involvement Corporal, NX60119, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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"...NX60119 Corporal Ernest Brown, 2/19th Battalion of Molong, NSW. The husband of Eleanor Mary Brown, Cpl Brown was killed in action in Malaya on 19 January 1942, aged 38. His son and namesake, NX60115 Ernest Godfrey Brown enlisted in July 1940 and served with the 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion. Another son, NX178149 Lance Corporal Leslie Arthur Brown, enlisted March 1944 and served in both the Second World War and with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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