BROWN, John Fielding
Service Number: | 2292 |
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Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, March 1880 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
Died: | Multiple GSW, 20th Casualty Clearing Station Vignacourt, France, 17 May 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 17), France, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2292, Perth, Western Australia | |
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30 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2292, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
30 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2292, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
16 May 1918: | Wounded Private, 2292, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), GSW (multiple) |
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Son of Alfred and Louisa BROWN, "Goldicott", Hopkins Road, Victoria
"...2292 Private John Fielding Brown, 43rd Battalion, with a small white dog. A commercial traveller from Perth prior to enlistment on 13 May 1916, he embarked from Fremantle on 30 October 1916 for Devonport, England. He joined his battalion on the Western Front, France, during March 1916. Due to a fractured arm he spent time out of action from October 1917 before rejoining his unit on 5 March 1918. Pte Brown was wounded in action near Amiens, France, on 16 May 1918 and died of these wounds the following day in 20th Casualty Clearing Station. He was aged 38 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)