BROWN, Percival Lyddon
| Service Number: | 221 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Heart Attack, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1920, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 14-24-12 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 221 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 221, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 221, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Percy (Percival) Lyddon Brown enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as W. R. Mayes, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 15, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother-in-law Mr W. R. Mayes, South Brisbane. William Robert Mayes married his older sister Eleanor Mary Brown in 1892.
Percy Lyddon Brown was born on 9 Jan 1882 in Queensland, a son to William Brown and Caroline Rosina Brown (nee Lyddon). He married Ethel Russell on 7 Mar 1905 in Queensland and they had 2 children. He was working as a Commercial Traveller with the Brisbane firm of Brown and Tregear in 1920. On 28 Dec 1920 he was bathing on the beach at Scarborough, Redcliffe, when he collapsed and died of a suspected heart attack.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 15; Collapsed in the Sea, The Week (Brisb), 31 Dec 1920, p. 19).
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