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BROWN, Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX26172 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 25 January 1901 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner (formerly a Special Constable) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 5 April 1941, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, VX26172, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria | |
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX26172, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
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My great Uncle Paddy Brown was born at 53 Ferguson Street, Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1901. He had five sisters and one brother. He was a Special Constable in the Ulster Special Constabulary during the troubles in the 1920's in Londonderry.
Sometime in the mid 1920's he emigrated to Australia. He joined the army at the outbreak of war and was killed in action (machine-gunned by a german aircraft) on the Derna Road on 05 April 1941. He is buried near the place where he fell. - Peter McCandless
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