William Henry BROWN

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BROWN, William Henry

Service Number:	87
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wounds, Died of wounds, 5th Australian General Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Egypt, 17 December 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Row C, Grave 44,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 87, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 87, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
15 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 87, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 87, 6th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW (skull)
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 87, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 87 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-17

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AWM Summary

87 Trooper (Tpr) William Henry Brown, 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, of Cowra, NSW. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked with A Squadron from Sydney aboard HMAT Suevic on 21 December 1914. Disembarking in Egypt on 1 February 1915, Tpr Brown and his unit were deployed without their horses in late May 1915 to reinforce the infantry at Gallipoli. In August 1915 Tpr Brown received severe bullet wounds to the skull and was evacuated to the 21st General Hospital in Cairo. In November 1915 he was invalided home aboard HMAT Borda and taken to the 5th Australian General Hospital in Melbourne. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, Tpr Brown died on 17 December 1915, aged 22, and was buried at Springvale Cemetery, Victoria.

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