Clifford Joseph BROWN

Badge Number: 20805
20805

BROWN, Clifford Joseph

Service Number: 1836
Enlisted: 4 October 1915
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 13th Field Company Engineers
Born: Torrensville, South Australia, March 1894
Home Town: Torrensville, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1836
5 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 1836, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 1836, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1836, 13th Field Company Engineers

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Clifford Joseph Brown is known for his service in the First World War (WW1). Joseph was born in Torrensville, South Australia. Joseph was a Christian and a member of the Church of England. He lived on Jervois Street, Torrensville in South Australia. Joseph was single when he joined the army. It was on the 3rd of October 1918 that Clifford Joseph Brown married Elizabeth Patterson. Joseph was 24 and Elizabeth was 23. Elizabeth worked as a bookkeeper.

Before Joseph joined the army, he worked as a blacksmith. It was on the 4th of October 1915 that Clifford Joseph Brown enlisted to join the army. He was 21 at the time. Josephs's regimental number for the war was 1836.

Joseph went to France with the 13th Field Company Engineers in 1916. In April 1917 he was promoted to Lance Corporal. He survived the war but was ill through much of 1919, meaning he only left England in the September of that year.

 

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