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BROWN, Lionel Samuel
| Service Number: | 3684 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia, October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Torrensville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | 11 May 1959, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New Thebarton Lodge No 23 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3684, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), at Adelaide | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3684, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3684, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3684, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Lionel Samuel Brown was born in Wallaroo, South Australia and worked as a hairdresser in Adelaide prior to World War 1. He had dark brown hair and hazel coloured eyes, measured 158.5cm in height and weighed around 50kg at the time of his enlistment to the army. He was 18 years and 10 months old on the date of his enlistment, the 23rd of August in 1915.
Months later, on the 2nd of December in 1915, Lionel Brown boarded a ship called the R.M.S Malwa and embarked from Australia, becoming a member of the 16th Battalion soon after. Later on, in Egypt in 1916, some new, fresh, inexperienced recruits from Australia, as well as half of the 16th Battalion, were used to form a new battalion known as the 48th battalion. Lionel Brown was one of these recruits in the 48th battalion.
Lionel Brown fell sick in Egypt, meaning he did not travel to France with the rest of the 48th Battalion. Instead, in September 1916 he sailed to England, and only reached his unit on 21 September. This meant he missed the fighting at Mouquet Farm in August. He soon became ill again. The dates he was in hospital for trench foot were the 30th of November, the 2nd of December and the 11th of December. After extensie bouts of illness in England, Lionel rejoined his Battalion in France on 17 July 1917, ensuring he missed the fighting at Bullecourt. Lionel served through most of the rest of the war with the 48th.
Despite this, Lionel Brown managed to survive the war and returned to Australia on the 1st of May, 1919. He was awarded with multiple servive medals, including the 1914/1915 Star Medal and a victory medal. He died on the 11th of May, 1959, dying at the age of 62. His cause of death was unknown.
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