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BROWN, George Turner
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2334 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gympie State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1942, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Presbyterian New C. |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2334, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2334, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 12th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia. |
Personal Stories
George Turner Brown
Biographical information (from 'Queenslanders who fought in the Great War'): BROWN, George Turner. Private, No. 2334, 5th/26th Battalion. Born at Gympie in 1896, and educated at Gympie. The son of the late Gaius Frederick and Margaret Brown, of Ipswich. Enlisted on 19th August, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on 5th October, 1915, thence to France, via Marseilles. Went into the firing line June, 1916, at Flers, and then to Pozieres and Moquet Farm. Invalided to England with trench feet, but returned to the lines at Gappy; was wounded on 23rd August, but remained in the line. Returned to England, and sailed for Australia on 13th April, 1919, and arrived in Melbourne 5thJune, 1919
Submitted 31 August 2022 by Lynette Turner
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