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BROWN, Maxwell Mansfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX2109 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 July 1940, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1911 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Barker College & Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Accidental, At sea (South West Pacific Area), 18 September 1944, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , TX2109, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 15 Jun 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 18 Sep 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, TX2109, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army Medical Corps |
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Maxwell Mansfield BROWN was born in Manly, NSW on 8th November, 1911
His parents were George Mansfield BROWN & Alice WRIGHT who married in Sydney in 1906
He enlisted in Hobart, Tasmania on 4th July, 1940
Maxwell became a prisoner of war on 15th June 1942 and drowned at sea when the ship that was carrying the POWs to Malaysia was torpedoed off the West Coast of Sumatra
He is buried in the Labuan War Cemetery
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