Albert John BROWN

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BROWN, Albert John

Service Number:	3711
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia, 1 January 1884
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brick Maker
Died:	16 June 1946, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 3711, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 3711, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Embarked 3711, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 3711, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Albert John Brown was born in the town of Hindmarsh, Adelaide, where he lived at 36A Rose Street in Mile End. Before he went to war, he worked as a brick maker. He was married to Mary Ann Brown who was in the care of Mrs D Nelson (probably her mother).

Albert John Brown was enlisted on the 4th of October in 1916. He embarked later on the 11th of May 1917 when he was 33 years old, on the ship HMAT Shropshire.

He served with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion which was a front line unit that carried out all sorts of light engineering and construction tasks. Albert John Brown was gassed in 1918 which later led to his being discharged medically unfit as a result.

So he became one of nearly 150,000 men of the AIF who were wounded at least once. Gas was particularly dangerous since it generally affected a person's breathing for the rest of their life, and sometimes their sight as well.

His life after the war depends on the severity of his conditions when he was released, including how much gas he inhaled and what type of gas it was. Albert John Brown lived until he was 62 years old and died on the 16th of June 1946, which means that after the war he was in stable conditions. He was already married and it is not known what his career was after the war.

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