Charles Dane BROWN

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BROWN, Charles Dane

Service Numbers:	Officer, Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	30 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Bulong and Perth, Western Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Traveller
Died:	Killed In Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood, Killed in Action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Oliva BROWN of 777 Russell Street, Kalgoorlie

Capt Brown was born in Northcote (Victoria) -21 years ago, and after his arrival in Wet Australia spent seven years in Perth and ten years in Bulong. He was an expert rifle shot, and was successful in life saving and first aid work. In July 1915, he enlisted in Perth, and after gaining his commission left the State in April 1916. He was wounded on October 6 following, and after a period in a London hospital he was engaged in carrying troops across the Channel. Subsequently he returned to the front, where he had been under constant fire for several months, when he fell in action. His father, Mr J. R. Brown, is well known on the goldfields where he occupies the position of secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union.

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