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BROWN, Robert Ervald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 101 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
Born: | Darlington, New South Wales, Australia , 23 September 1889 |
Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 September 1917, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery XXVI. E. 6. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 101, 1st Field Ambulance, Sydney | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 101, 1st Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 101, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
9 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), In the operations at Bullecourt, France on 4-5 May 1917, for conspicuous gallantry. Private Brown worked continuously for 24 hours carrying wounded in the neighbourhood of the railway embankment. Most of the carrying was done through heavy barrage fire and he set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty to the squad of stretcher bearers of who he had charge. | |
18 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 101, 1st Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, Shrapnel wound, penetrating chest (severe) | |
28 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 101, 1st Field Ambulance, Third Ypres |
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