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430848
  • Title
    NSW servicemen portraits, 1918-19 - Alfred Victor Brown, Military Medal
  • Call number
    P1/Brown, Alfred Victor
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1918-1919
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    430848
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - 1 silver gelatin photoprint - 13 x 8 cm.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Date of Birth: 4 Aug 1886
    Date of Enlistment: 29 May 1916 Leichhardt, embarked Nov 1916
    Trade or Calling: NSWGR Labourer, also trained as a broommaker
    Born in or near what Town: Leichhardt
    School: Orange Grove School, Leichhardt
    Address prior to Enlistment: [probably 12 Carrington St, Leichhardt]
    Rank, Number, Battalion, Distinctions: [6709], Pte 7th Battalion. War service: Egypt, France, Belgium
    Casualities and where: Severely wounded 14 Apr 1918 near the Nieppie Forest, France; died 15 Apr 1918; buried at Hazelbrook
    Memorial Panel: 49
    Cemetery or Memorial Details: France 180 Ebbinghem Military Cemetery - I A. 22.
    Name & Address of Next of Kin: Brother of Corporal William John Brown, Military Medal (regimental no. 6710), 4th Battalion who died of wounds 24 Aug 1918; Elizabeth Brown (Mother); Violet Brown (Sister), 12 Carrington St, Leichhardt
    Name and last address of Father: William Brown, 12 Carrington St, Leichhardt
    Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
  • General note

    For additional information, refer to the Australian War Memorial (online), Biographical Databases, First World War Nominal Roll
    Digital order no:a871169
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Biographical information taken from reverse of photograph
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