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Thomas Hugh BROWN

Regimental number14491
Place of birthHillgrove, New South Wales
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 9.25"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Margaret Brown, 38 Russell Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Enlistment date16 April 1917
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameArmy Service Corps, April 1917 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A7 Medic on 1 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
FateDied of disease 10 November 1918
Place of burialSt George Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 1 August 1917; transshipped to SS 'Orita', Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21 September 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 13 October 1917.

Transferred to Artillery Details, Heytesbury, 12 November 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 18 December 1917; taken on strength, 2nd Division Artillery, in the field, 24 December 1917.

Detached for instruction to 2nd Army Trench Mortar School, 6 January 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 20 January 1918.

Proceeded on leave, 27 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 13 March 1918.

Wounded in action, 18 August 1918 (gas), and admitted to 61st Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 19 August 1918; to England, 23 August 1918, and admitted to 1st Birmingham War Hospital, 24 August 1918; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 4 September 1918; discharged on furlough, 1 October 1918, to report to Littlemore Camp, Weymouth, 16 October 1918.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital (influenza), and died of influenza and broncho-pneumonia, 10 November 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROWN Thomas Hugh

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