Clifton Plessay BROWN

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BROWN, Clifton Plessay

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born:	Falmouth, Tasmania, 27 May 1882
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne University
Occupation:	Church of England Clergyman
Died:	7 September 1963, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Remains Collected
Memorials:	Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne
23 Jul 1918:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
23 Jul 1918:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Born 1882
Husband of Mrs. Emma Nodin BROWN nee WILCOX
Of Ivanhoe House, Ivanhoe, Vic.
Resided Wangaratta, Vic.
Aged 46 years
Educated Melbourne University
Enlisted 16 November 1915 for Voyage Only
Embarked 22 November 1915 per 'RMS Mongolia' from Melbourne, Vic.
Pay rate of 39/10/10 after embarkation
Returned to Australia 05 July 1919
Vicar at St. Mark's Sorrento 1941 - 1947
Died 07 September 1963
Resided Kew, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery - remains collected

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