AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Brown, Edward John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Brown ​

• FORENAME

Edward John ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

WX10624 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

19 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.07.1920, Yalgoo, Western Australia, Australia​

son of Lindsay George and Margaret Ellen Brown, Cranbrook, Western Australia​

14.01.1941 enlisted​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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