Brown, Harold Henry

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Brown, Harold Henry Service Number 425

Killed in Action 4th October 1917 Belgium

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NAME Brown, Harold Henry

SERVICE NO 425

UNIT 20th Battalion, A Coy

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Hawkesbury River, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Engineer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 22 Apr 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 2 yrs 38th Battalion, 10

th Brigade on enlistment

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Caroline Brown, Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8½”. Weight-134lbs. Chest-29-32

Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 26 Jun 1915 per HMAT A35 “Berrima”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Returned to Aust per “Commonwealth” for 3 mths 21 Jan 1916 –Enteric Fever Returned from Aust per “Wiltshire” 13 Oct 1916

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 24 Sep 1915- Dysentery. 2 Oct 1915- Pneumonia.

DIED 4 Oct 1917

BURIED Zonnebeke

1925-Re-interred Aeroplane Cem Ypres, Belgium Pl 6 Row D Gve 16

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-24500, British War Medal-15868, Victory Medal-15930. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-334824

DEPENDANTS Widowed mother.

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL Yes

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS Served in Gallipoli before returning at Aust. Then France/Belgium

RED CROSS REPORT

Gosford Times 14.7.1916. BROOKLYN The social tendered to Private H. H. Brown on the eve of his departure a second time for the front, last Friday night, was well attended, although the usual prices were charged for admis-sion. At 10pm the hero was presented with a gold wristlet watch and a set of pipes by Mr W. H. Wood, who also acted as chairman of the arranging committee, on behalf of the Citizens of Brooklyn. The presentation was supported by Messrs J Shea, W. Matthews, and J. W. Johnson. The ladies had a supply of scones, cakes, tea and coffee on hand, and the gath-ering did more than sample the collection. Dancing was in-dulged in till the wee small hours of the morning.

Sydney Morning Herald 4.10.1918 IN MEMORIUM BROWN – In loving memory of Private. H. H. Brown (Gundy) 20

th Batt, Killed

In action, Ypres, October 4, 1917. My real son can never die, ‘Tis but his body that may lie In far-off lands, I shall keep Remembrance fond for ever deep Within my heart, of my true son, Because of triumph that he won; It matters not where any one May lie and sleep when work is done. Inserted by mother and sisters, Brooklyn, Hawksbury River.

Sydney Morning Herald 20.11.1917. P.6. ROLL OF HONOR BROWN. – Killed in action, October 4, 1917, Pte. Harold Henry Brown (Gundy), Youngest son of Mrs C. Brown, Brooklyn, Hawksbury River; brother of Sgt. Fred Brown (on active service), Mrs W. Hemming, Linda, Mabel, and Ruth. He fought for those he loved so dear, That we might all live free.

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1797239













Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1797239















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