NUMBER:
Private 3783

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
51st Battalion

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Leongatha, Victoria

NEXT OF KIN:
His mother, Mrs. Catherine Brown of Leongatha. His brother, Robert Melbourne Brown, was also killed

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Black Boy, Perth, Western Australia 30/11/1915

PHYSICAL DETAILS ON ENLISTMENT:
Age 23 years 1 month, 5'8", 156 pounds, brown eyes and dark hair

RELIGION:
Church of England

OCCUPATION:
Horse driver, timber worker

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action in Belgium 18/10/1917

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He has no known grave and his name is on the Menin Gate, Ypres

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
He lived in the Shire before going to Western Australia with his brother

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ He was a Leongatha State School past student
◈ 30/11/1915 He enlisted in Black Boy, Western Australia
◈ 12/2/1916 He embarked Perth on HMAT Miltiades
◈ His elder brother was C J H Brown of The Bungalow, Boyup Brook
◈ 2/4/1916 He transferred from 7th Training Battalion to the 51st Battalion in Serapeum
◈ 5/6/1916 He proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Alexandria and left on the Inverina
◈ 12/6/1916 He disembarked Marseilles
◈ 14/8/1916 He was wounded in the field
◈ 16/8/1916 He was admitted to hospital in Etaples
◈ 24/8/1916 He embarked for England at Calais and on the same day went to a military hospital in York
◈ 21/9/1916 and 22/9/1916 He had a furlough in England
◈ 31/12/1916 He proceeded overseas
◈ 1/1/1917 He went to Etaples
◈ 18/1/1917 He proceeded to his unit
◈ 18/10/1917 He was killed in action in Belgium
◈ In his will he left everything to his mother
◈ 20/9/1918 Catherine wrote regarding the effects of both sons