Soldier profiles
Name : BROWN, WILLIAM
Service Number : VX116277
Date of Birth : 15/11/1918
Place of Birth : ESSENDON, VIC
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 16/11/1942
Locality on Enlistment : BACCHUS MARSH, VIC
Place of Enlistment : DARLEY, VIC
Next of Kin : BROWN, AGNES
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 21/11/1945
Date Died : 08/11/1989
Age at Death : 70
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MADDINGLEY GENERAL CEMETERY, BACCHUS MARSH, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6101670 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins]
Background : Husband of Zon. Father of Sandra and Barbara. Grandfather of Kim, Scott, Emily and Jared.
