Ernest Edmund BROWN

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Service Number:	6916
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Place of enlistment - Hughenden, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Southport, Queensland, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	The Southport School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Woolclasser
Died:	Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 10 February 1918
Cemetery:	Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension Plot II, Row G, Grave 6, Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Metz-en-Couture, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Southport Anzac Park Memorial Gates, Southport War Memorial, The Southport School Honour Roll

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6916, Place of enlistment - Hughenden, Queensland
30 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Mining Corps
11 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6916, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A9' Shropshire from Melbourne 11th May 1917, disembarking Plymouth 19th July 1917
6 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
10 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6916, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6916 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-02-10

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