BROWN, Alexander
| Service Number: | 2535 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nelson, Lancashire, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Archer, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, Graylingwell Military Hospital - Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 3 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England Chichester Cemetery Section 134, Grave 76, Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2535, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2535, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 3rd June......Private Alexander Brown was born at Nelson, Lancashire, England in 1896.
According to information provided by his father for the Roll of Honour – Alexander Brown came to Australian when he was 15 years old.
Alexander Brown enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 23rd September, 1916 as a 20 year old Farmer from Archer, Queensland. He arrived in England on 30th January, 1917 for further training before being sent to the War Front & was posted to 11th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire.
Private Brown proceeded over to France & joined 41st Battalion at the Front on 12th July, 1917.
Private Alexander Brown was wounded in action on 24th April, 1918. He was invalided to England with shrapnel wounds to arm & chest & admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England on 30th April, 1918. The Hospital Admissions form reports Private Brown had GSW (gunshot wound/s) to right shoulder. He later developed Septicaemia which ultimately became pyaemia.
Private Alexander Brown died at 10.30 pm on 3rd June, 1918 at Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, Sussex, England from wounds received in action – 1. GSW to right shoulder; 2. Secondary Haemorrhage & Pyaemia. He was buried in Chichester Cemetery, Chichester, West Sussex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/chichester.html
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