BROWN, James
| Service Number: | 2568 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1953, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SW. 66. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates, Park Street Methodist Sabbath School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2568, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2568, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 16th March 1953, Private James Brown, 4th Battalion (Reg No-2568), carter from Berner Street, Merewether, New South Wales and 103 Victoria Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 56. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SW. 66.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 14th April 1896 to George and Mary Ann Brown; husband of Elsie May Brown nee Matters (married 1921, Merewether, N.S.W., died 21.8.1970, age 74 - sleeping side by side, METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SW. 65), James enlisted on the 18th July 1915 with the 19th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Granted leave to England from 22.12.1917 to 8.1.1918.
Granted leave to England from 19.12.1918 to 10.1.1919.
Admitted to hospital 24.3.1919 (scabies).
James returned home on the 11th June 1919, being discharged on the 3rd August 1919.
Mr. Brown’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Merewether (Park Street) Methodist Sabbath School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. R. BROWN inscribed on the Merewether Public School Roll of Honor. J. BROWN inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at James’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 14.3.1953.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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