John McLeod Brown
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Personal Information | |
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Date of Birth | Not known |
Place of Birth | Essendon. Victoria |
Death | 27 Jun 1916 |
Age at Enlistment | 24 years, 4 months |
Description |
5'6½" (1.69m) tall ; 145lbs 65.771 kg ; sallow complexion ; hazel eyes ; brown hair ; tattoo on left wrist |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Address | Gosnells, Western Australia |
Next of Kin | Brother , Mr Richard Cranfield Brown |
Military Information | |
Reg Number | [ 22] |
Date of Enlistment | 15 Feb 1915 |
Rank | Private |
Unit/Formation | A Coy 28th Battalion, transferred to 51st Battalion |
Date of Embarkation | 29 Jun 1915 |
Ship Embarked On | HMAT A11 Ascanius |
Fate | Accidental death - shot by sentry |
Monument |
Gosnells War Memorial Gosnells RSL Honour Board |
Contents
Pre War
War Service
Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 13 Feb 1915 and was initially posted to C Company of the 24th Battalion at that time being raised in WA to supplement the main recruitment drive in Victoria. Later when Victorian enrolments managed to fill the 24th Battalion locally, he was allocated to A Company of the 28th Battalion and he sailed with them to Egypt.
On 12 Jul 1915 John was admitted to hospital in Abbassia, being released back to duty on 16 Jul 1915. On 3 Nov 1915 on Gallipoli, he was again hospitalised, this time with the 7th Australian Field Ambulance, with jaundice. Passed on to the 13th Casualty Clearing Station, he was evacuated to Alexandria aboard the HS Mahend before being admitted to the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital on 15 Nov 1915 in Heliopolis. John was fit enough to return to duty on 8 Dec 1915 when he was sent to the Ghezirah Base. A third hospital visit occurred on 19 Mar 1916 when he was hospitalised with an eye problem.
On 2 Apr 1916 John was transferred to the 51st Battalion in Serapeum, at that time being raised in Egypt for service on the Western Front. On 4 Jun 1916 the battalion boarded trains at the Serapeum West siding for Gabbary Quay Alexandria where they boarded HMT Ivernia. Leaving harbour at 9:00am on 5 June, they arrived in Alexandria at 7:00am on 11 Jun 1916. On 12 Jun 1916 they began their journey north in cattle trucks to Caestre where they detrained on 14 Jun 1916.
Their relief of the 10th Battalion, then holding a section of the front line just south of Fleurbaix began on the evening of 22 Jun 1916, with one Company relieving a 10th Battalion company each alternate night. It was reported that no casualties occurred during the battalion change over, but that by 30 Jun 19016 the battalion had lost 5 KIA, 1 Died of Wounds, and 17 Wounded.
John's records contain an entry "Accidentally killed by Sentry in the Field - 27 Jun 1916.
Notes
Two brothers enlisted in Victoria, 751 Pte Richard Cranfield Brown served with the 24th Battalion, and 597/4447 Sapper Robert Leslie Brown with the 8th Field Company Engineers. both returned to Australia in 1919.