BROWN, Joseph Merrick Towers
| Service Number: | 418063 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Chobham, England, 2 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prisoner of War, Boiken, New Guinea, 1 November 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 418063 | |
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| 25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 418063 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Walrus flying boat X9559 of 8 Communications Unit based on Goodenough Island was hit by ground fire 25 October 1944 after landing at a bay on Keresau Island, New Guinea on a reconnaissance mission
Pilot Officer Walter Burford Bernie 428901 RAAF (Pilot) and Captain Morris Glen Evensen NGX189 Australian Army (71 Wing Air Liaison Officer) were killed by Japanese forces after going ashore - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial
Warrant Officer Joseph Merrick Towers Brown 418063 (Air Gunner) became a Prisoner of War but died of wounds on the 1st of November 1944 at Boiken after being taken from the island to the New Guinea mainland - his body was recovered and he is buried in the Lae War Cemetery
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