| Regimental number | 3025 |
| Place of birth | Warragul, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24.11 |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Weight | 160 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, H L Brown, Roselia Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Second entry both matched |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | Rue-David Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 40), Fleurbaix, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Annie BROWN, 'Lockart',;, Fish Creek, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 0561204, 3368 Pte A.C. HORDERN, 60th Bn, 11 December 1916: 'These three men [BROWN and two others, one unnamed] were in my platoon and section. When we were in No Man's Land on 19th. July a shell burst close to these three, who were together in a bunch. I saw the remains of [158 J.G.] Letcher afterwards but I saw nothing of the others. I feel sure they were killed also.' |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, BROWN Frederick Leonard
Red Cross File No 0561204 |
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