William Alexander BROWNLEY

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BROWNLEY, William Alexander

Service Number:	121
Enlisted:	21 April 1902
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Clarendon, South Australia, Australia, 13 March 1878
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Influenza, At sea (on board St Andrew), At sea (onboard St Andrew), 17 July 1902, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea
Memorials:	Adelaide Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 121, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
21 Apr 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 121
17 Jul 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 121, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, D.O.D. (buried at sea)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Alexander BROWNLEY was born in Clarendon, South Australia on 13th March, 1878

His parents were Thomas BROWNLEY & Sarah Ann LINTHWAITE

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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: 1888 - 1954) Tuesday 22 July 1902

A BROKEN HILL TROOPER DEAD.

[BY TELEGRAPH.]

ADELAIDE, Monday Afternoon.

A cable from London, confirmed from West Australia, announces the death of Trooper William Alexander Brownley, of the Eighth Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. The official information states that he died at sea of influenza on the transport St. Andrew, on the voyage from Adelaide to Durban.

Trooper William Alexander Brownley, of Broken Hill, left by the St. Andrew on May 24, with the Broken Hill troop of the Eighth Battalion. His untimely death has caused great grief among his friends. He was a strongly-built, healthy young man and was universally liked.

He worked on the South mine for a long time prior to his departure. His relatives reside in South Australia, and both they and his local friends were expecting him to return on the Manchester Merchant, duo in Adelaide to-morrow. The delay in announcing his death is rather inexplicable. Apparently he never saw South Africa.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44311841

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 29 July 1902

DEATHS

BROWNLEY.—On the 17th June, 1902, at sea, on board H.M. troopship Saint Andrew, William Alexander Brownley (late of Broken Hill), of Eighth Battalion, A.C.H., aged 24 years, eldest beloved grandson of Wm. Linthwaite, McKinnon- parade, N.A.—Inserted by his sorrowing sisters.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4864128

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