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Ernest BROWN

Regimental number1072
Place of birthHay, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
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Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9"
Weight182 lbs
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Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 October 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
FateDied of disease 8 October 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Regimental No. on Cemetery Details: 1172
Place of burialLevallois-Perret Communal Cemetery (Plot 34, Row I, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Rank at embarkation is Driver.

Attached to Transport Section, Sidi Bishar, 7 October 1918.

Transferred with Transport Section to Maadi, 21 November 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1918.

Transferred to 7th Company, Australian Army Service Corps from 13th Bn, 19 October 1916.

Admitted to Anzac Corps Rest Station, 8 December 1916; discharged, 11 December 1916; rejoined unit, 12 December 1916.

Attached to 14th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 18 December 1916; rejoined unit, 30 December 1916.

Attached to Australian Infantry Bde, 3 November 1917; rejoined unit, 15 November 1918.

On leave to Paris, 16 March 1918; rejoined unit, 3 April 1918.

On leave to Paris, 19 August 1918.

Admitted to hospital while on leave, Paris, 25 August 1918 (mumps); at Hertford British Hospital, Paris, 30 September 1918 (not yet diagnosed).

Died, 1840 hours, 8 October 1918 (gangrene of lung).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROWN Ernest

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