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Waterman Alexander BROWN

Regimental number6289
Place of birthIpswich, Queensland
SchoolGympie State School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressWarwick Road, Ipswich Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Brown, Warwick Road, Ipswich, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Gympie Volunteers, Queensland.
Enlistment date25 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row G, Grave No 2A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret and the late Gaius Fredrick BROWN, Warwick Road, Ipswich, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died in 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, nr Ypres.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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