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BROWN, William Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6364 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1916, Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia , 16 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 5 January 1917, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6364, 9th Infantry Battalion, Roma, Queensland | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6364, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6364, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6364 Private William Henry Brown, 9th Battalion, of Mitchell, Qld. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Brown embarked with the 20th Reinforcements from Brisbane on HMAT Clan McGillivray on 7th September 1916. On 5th January 1917 he was killed in action at Flers and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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