Brown, Bertie –

Youngest son of Enoch and Eliza Brown, of 53, Ringley Old Brow, Stoneclough, Lancashire, and formerly of 324, Cinderhill, Outwood, Lancashire. Died at 15th Australian Field Ambulance from shrapnel wounds to the head.

Personal details

  • Surname: Brown
  • Forename: Bertie
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Outwood, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Stoneclough, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 30
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: August 18th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
  • Service number: 1896
  • Regiment: Australian Imperial Forces
  • Enlistment date: June 19th, 1915 - 1915-06-19
  • Enlistment location: Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Aubigny British Cemetery, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: D. 23.

Local newspaper entries

  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 13/09/1918 27/12/1918

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