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BROWN, Ernest Edmund
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6916 |
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Enlisted: | 28 October 1916, Place of enlistment - Hughenden, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | The Southport School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Woolclasser |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 10 February 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension Plot II, Row G, Grave 6, Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Metz-en-Couture, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Southport Anzac Park Memorial Gates, Southport War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6916, Place of enlistment - Hughenden, Queensland | |
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30 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Mining Corps | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6916, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A9' Shropshire from Melbourne 11th May 1917, disembarking Plymouth 19th July 1917 | |
6 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
10 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6916, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6916 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-02-10 |
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