BROWN, Alfred Lancelot
| Service Number: | 1413 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 May 1915, 4th and 7th Aust Infantry, 1.25 years |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 22 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Poziers, France, 27 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1413, 20th Infantry Battalion, 4th and 7th Aust Infantry, 1.25 years | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1413, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1413, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 27th July 1916, Private Alfred Lancelot Brown, referred to as Lance, 20th Battalion (Reg No-1413), electrician from "Heatherlea", Lambton Street, Newtown, Hamilton, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell during an unsuccessful trench raid, Battle of Pozieres, age 22.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 22nd January 1894 to Alfred Joseph (died 7.8.1933, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 72) from 1 Hamilton Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W. and Isabella (Isabel) Rebecca Brown nee Cullip (died 19.2.1917, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 51), Lance enlisted on the 19th May 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A35 Berrima on the 25th June 1915.
Admitted to the 7th Australian Field Ambulance 30.11.1915 and Greek Hospital 5.12.1915 (burns to face, head & hands).
Disembarked Marseilles, France 25.3.1916.
Missing in Action 27.7.1916.
Reported Killed in Action 29.9.1917.
Mr. Brown’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Place of Association - Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Lance’s name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Book of Gold, St Mark's Anglican Church, Islington and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Inexplicably, Alfred's name not inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial or the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Brown gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-32. 52.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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