BROWN, Raymond Patrick
| Service Numbers: | 1443, 216 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers College Bendigo |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ploegsteert, Belgium, France, 28 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo East Bendigo School Memorial Plaques, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1443, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 21 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1443, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Broadmeadows Camp, Vic. as being under age and without having parental consent. | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 216, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 216, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 28 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 216, 38th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
A clerk from Bendigo, Victoria, he initially enlisted in the 7th Battalion on 28 August 1915 but was discharged in January 1916 as he did not have parental consent.
On obtaining consent, he then enlisted in the 38th Battalion on 22 February 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on 20 June 1916 aboard HMAT Runic for Plymouth, England, and joined his unit on the Western Front, France, on 22 November 1916.
Pte Brown was killed in action during a trench raid near Ploegsteert in Belgium on 28 May 1917. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. He was aged 20 years.
Source: AWM
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