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BROWN, Joseph

Service Numbers:	323, 270
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Glasgow Scotland, 24 October 1877
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Grace Plains School, South Australia
Occupation:	Colt Breaker/Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 5 June 1915, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 4, Row A, Grave 36.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mallala Grace Plains School Honor Roll

Boer War Service

28 Jan 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
9 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 323, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, SS Ormazan.
22 Oct 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 323, Slightly wounded at Kaffirstad.

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 270, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 270, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 270 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-06-04

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Biography

Enlisted 26 Aug 1914

Married: Mary Anne Storey in Kalgoorlie W.A. on 06 Oct 1904.