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BROWN, Geoffrey Hugh
Personal Details
Service Number: | 30 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, U.K., 2 July 1873 |
Home Town: | Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
Died: | Died of wounds, Warmbad, South Africa, 20 September 1900, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Polokwane Old Cemetery, Limpopo, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, Penguin Boer War Memorial, Ulverstone Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 30 | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 30, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen | |
26 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 30, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, Departed from Hobart on the "Manhatton" | |
20 Sep 1900: | Imprisoned Taken Prisoner. | |
20 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 30, 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, D.O.W. at Warmbad. |
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