Charles Lima BRAUN

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BRAUN, Charles Lima

Service Numbers:	153, Officer
Enlisted:	15 October 1914, Lieutenant with the Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th Battalion
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 May 1874
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Army Officer
Died:	Killed In Action, India, 19 June 1917, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Nasirabad Government Cemetery Plot E Row B, Grave 19
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 153, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
30 Mar 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

World War 1 Service

15 Oct 1914:	Enlisted Lieutenant, Officer, Unspecified British Units, Lieutenant with the Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th Battalion
19 Jun 1917:	Involvement Officer

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Lima BRAUN was born in Five Dock, Sydney on 13th May, 1874

His parents were Benjamin BRAUN & Marion DAVIES who married in Victoria in 1864

He married Fanny Edith (surname unknown) she was located in India

Charles served as a Sergeant in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles and was promoted to Lieutenant on 30th March, 1901 - he returned to Melbourne in 1905 following the Boer War as he had been suffering illness & didn't return for a while

He joined the Royal Navy (SN 356556) and served as a Seaman from 1st May, 1898 to October, 1899 - he then joined the British Army as a Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th Battalion and was promoted to Captain in the Essex Regiment, 2nd Garrison Battalion

He was Killed in Action in India on 19th June 1917 and is buried in the Nasirabad Government Cemetery

Name: Charles Lima Braun
Birth Date: 1874
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Father: Benjamin Braun
Mother: Marion
Registration Number: 3564

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