Joseph Merrick Towers BROWN

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BROWN, Joseph Merrick Towers

Service Number:	418063
Enlisted:	25 April 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Born:	Chobham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom., 2 September 1923
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Toorak Central School, Toorak and Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.
Occupation:	Clerk, Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co, Cross St, West Footscray.
Died:	Died of wounds whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Boiken, New Guinea, 1 November 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot GG. Row C. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "EVER REMEMBERED".
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
25 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 418063
23 Aug 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units, 8 Communications Unit, Goodenough Island

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Biography 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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