Military History

Brown trained at Guildford HQ. with the Field Artillery. He was transferred to the 89th Depot as Private 21.10.1916. Brown was promoted to Gunner and was relocated to Maribyrnong, Victoria for further training. He joined the 24th Howitzer Brigade, 10th Reinforcement 19.12.1916.
Embarked Sydney per RMS ‘Osterley’ for England 10.2.1917.
Roll Rank Gunner.
Roll Unit 24th Howitzer Brigade, 10th Reinforcement, Field Artillery Brigade
Brown disembarked at Plymouth with his unit 11.4.1917. He marched in to Larkhill, UK. Brown and his unit proceeded overseas to France 15.8.1917. Brown was transferred to 3rd Details Army Corps from 24th Howitzer Brigade, Field Artillery Brigade 4.9.1917. He was promoted to Driver and transferred to 8th Field Artillery Brigade 29.11.1917. Brown reverted to Gunner 14.1.1918. He served on the Western Front in France. He was wounded in action at Mericourt-l’Abbe near Heilly 20.4.1918. The Red Cross files detail that he was on duty at a telephone control in a dugout, when he was hit in the back by a shell. Brown was transferred to the Advanced Dressing Station, 10th Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen 20.4.1918. He died of wounds received in the field, an hour after arriving at the Dressing Station. Brown was buried by Major H. H. Horsehead Chaplain, at the Military Cemetery at Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Peronne, Picardie, France. (3 ¾ miles NNE of Corbie).
Final Rank Gunner, 8th Field Artillery, 3rd Division Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Deceased, died of wounds.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes He was known as 'Brownie' to his mates.
Photos  RMAS 'Osterley' 1917. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0793
              Artillery Training at Larkhill. Photograph donor Cptn. A. W. McMillan, photograph source AWM H13935
              Artillery moving into position at Mericourt 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E01930
              Mericourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC

Information Source
AWM PB0793. RMAS 'Osterley' 1917. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H13935. Artillery Training at Larkhill. Photograph donor Cptn. A. W. McMillan, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E01930. Artillery moving into position at Mericourt 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll-Warren Harward Brown
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour- Warren Harward Brown
Australian War Memorial Red Cross File- Warren Harward Brown
CWGC, Mericourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website,  http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/17400/MERICOURT-L'ABBE%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY%20EXTENSION
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Brown W H 32539


‘The Firs’, Mundaring, WA.

Associated Images