Peter Joseph BRAUN

BRAUN, Peter Joseph

    Service Number: 1660
    Enlisted: 20 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1871
    Home Town: Botany, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carrier
    Died: Suicide, At home, Victoria Street, Botany, New South Wales, Australia, Botany, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Church of England Section, Row T, Grave 6921, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    20 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    19 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1660, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
    19 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1660, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Levina Braun of Victoria Street, Botany, NSW.  Father of Peter John Braun, Hector Edward Braun,  George Bernard Braun, William Braun and Theresa Braun

    7 September 1915 - returned to Australia on board HS Ascania for discharge as medically unfit due to insanity.

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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