Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HT ‘Suevic’ 21.7.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 18th Reinforcements, 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.
Brown disembarked with the 11th Battalion at Plymouth 21.7.1916. He marched in to Perham Downs with the 3rd Training Battalion as Private. He proceeded overseas to France 5.9.1916 and joined ‘C’ Company as Acting Sergeant 17.9.1916. Brown reverted to ranks on joining the Battalion in the Field 8.9.1916. The 11th Battalion manned the Trenches near Ypres before marching to the Somme for winter. The winter months were particularly harsh in 196-17.Brown was admitted to hospital sick in the Field 29.11.1916. He rejoined the Battalion 27.1.1917. Brown was wounded in Field on the Somme, with a gunshot wound to left forearm 26.2.1917. He embarked at Boulogne, France for England per Hospital Ship ‘Princess Elizabeth’ 9.3.1917 and was admitted to the Military Hospital at Eastbourne 9.3.1917. He was discharged to the Battalion Depot at Weymouth 7.6.1917. Brown was listed for early return to Australia for a ‘change’.
Embarked for Australia per HT ‘Suevic’ A 29 for a ‘change’ 27.9.1917.
Returned/Disembarked Fremantle 12.11.1917.
Discharged 12.5.1918.
Final Rank Private, 11th Infantry Battalion.
Medical Condition Invalided with gunshot wound to arm.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos HMAT 'Suevic'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A03216
              Australian Troops marching to the Front, Third Battle of Ypres. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM  E01187
              Stretcher bearers from the 4th Field Ambulance  bringing in the wounded from the Albert Bapaume area of the Somme December 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00049

Information Source
AWM A03216. HMAT 'Suevic'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E01187. ustralian Troops marching to the Front, Third Battle of Ypres. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E000
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Cecil Hugh Aubrey Brown
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Brown C H A 5658
St Matthew’s Honour Roll



West Guildford, WA.
Middle Swan, WA.

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