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Alexander McLaren Brown

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander McLaren AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3255 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 June 1917 AWMM 88 Best Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Ellen Ann Brown, 88 Best Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 June 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3255 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: embarked Melbourne, 4 August 1917; disembarked Glasgow, Scotland, 2 October 1917.
    Marched in to Pioneer Training Bn, Fovant, 3 October 1917.
    Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 12 October 1918.
    Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika', 8 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 29 December 1918; discharged Melbourne, 14 January 1919 (medically unfit: flat foot).
    Medal: British War Medal AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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