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BROWN, Melville Larkin
| Service Number: | 2852 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Australia, 29 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Collegiate School of St Peters |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | 30 March 1972, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2852, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2852, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 12 Mar 1917: | Wounded Admitted to the 2nd southern general hospital suffering mild trench feet | |
| 8 May 1918: | Wounded | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2852, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2852 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Melville Larkin Brown was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He had Brown eyes and Brown hair. He lived in Gawler, and he attended Collegiate School of St Peters. He was a Dairyman before he enlisted into the war. Both of his parents died before he turned 18. He was rejected as unfit for His Majesty’s Service on Senior Badet paucoule.
Melville Larkin Brown, also known as Private Brown, served in many military units. He began his service training with the 10th Battlaion at the Base Depot Battalion in Morphettville. He was initially assigned to a transport role on September 16, 1915, and later joined the 6th Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion on October 27, 1915 and embarked overseas that day. He disembarked in the Middle East and and was taken on strenght in February. He proceeded to France arriving 12th June 1916 and was taken on strength to the 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery in July 1916
He had a hospital stay due to Trench Feet in April 1917 and after treatment and furlough to rest he was sent overseas to France. He rejoined his unit in
Brown had health issues, leading to hospitalization in France on February 20, 1917. He was sent to England on the hospital ship "Grantully Castle" on March 12, 1917, and admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital the next day. He had an abscess and sciatica treated at No. 3 General Hospital on July 15, 1917.
He proceeded overseas to France in August 1917 and was wounded April 24th 1918 with gunshot wound to his right forearm. He was sent back to England to hospital in Bath and then was transferred to convalesce at the 1st Australian Auxillary Hospital, Harefield.
He returned to Australia and was discharged 21st February 1921.
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