Brownlow, Leonard Rockley

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Arts I : Lieutenant, 33rd Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 27th September, 1915, was commissioned from Duntroon 20th May, 1916, and sailing 17th November after being on instructional staff at Armidale Camp, was specially trained in England. Crossing to France as a Lewis Gun Officer in July, 1917, served till death. Killed in Action, Passchendaele, 12th October, 1917, and buried at Zonnebeke. Early education at Enmore and Dubbo Public Schools. Later a student for the Ministry. By his honourable and upright character, his courage and determination in action, his loyalty and devotion to duty . . . he set . . . a most splendid example.

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1893

Birth in Cessnock -- NSW, Australia 2 September 1893
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Early education at Dubbo Public School, Dubbo, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Enmore Public School, Enmore, NSW, Australia
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 27 Sep 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1917

Death in Ypres (Passchendaele) --, Belgium 12 October 1917

Gender

Male

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