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Cenotaph record

Alfred Joseph Bessell-Browne

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Bessell-Browne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alfred J Bessell Brown AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1877 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Wandoo, West Swan, via Guildford, Western Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M M Bessell-Browne, Wandoo, West Swan, via Guildford, Western Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 August 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 37 AWMM
    Merchant/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Black Boy Hill, Perth Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 August 1947 AWMM
    Perth, Western Australia AWMM
  • 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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Sources

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  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2011). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and biographical information on all members of the 10 New Zealand Contingents. 7th Updated Edition. Hamilton, N.Z.; Richard Stowers; 2011. AWMM

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