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Urban Henry BROWN

Regimental number4346
Place of birthWindsor, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelegraph messenger
AddressMentone Fire Station, Mentone, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Mr. W.H. Brown, Mentone Fire Station, Mentone, Victoria
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll6794
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTempleux-Le-Guerard Communal Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 42), Franc
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Winifred BROWN, The Fire Station, Mentone, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6915 Driver William Henry BROWN, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 10 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Re-embarked as 6794 Private, 24th Bn, 19th Reinforcements, from Melbourne on board HMAT A11 'Ascanius', 11 May 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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