Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

20/08/1942

Date of Discharge

16/03/1945

Place of Enlistment

Melville, Western Australia

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

29/03/1896

Place of Birth

Bulga Creek ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Wirrinya NSW (previously Bulga Creek ACT)

Next of Kin

James Brown (father), Bulga Creek ACT

Service Number

NX148975 (N33015)

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

2/3 Infantry Battalion AIF

Brown was born in the Bulga Creek area in 1896 although when he enlisted in the AIF in 1942 he lowered his year of birth (and therefore his age) to 1900. He was still living in the ACT at the end of World War 1 but he did not enlist in the war. He later moved to Wirrinya near Forbes NSW and died there on 6 June 1974.

Department of Veterans Affairs WWII Nominal Roll 
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Monaro Pioneers Index - http://www.monaropioneers.com/pioneers.htm