The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Brown
- First Name:
- Reginald James
- Nick Name:
- Reg
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX10805
- Company:
- 'D' Company. No. 13 Platoon
- Enlisted:
- 15.01.1941
- DOB:
- 24.10.1924
- Place of Birth:
- Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Albert James Brown
- Mothers's Name:
- Dorothy Martha Brown (nee O'Connell)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Bootmaker
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Collective Grave, Plot 6, Row C, Grave 12-14, Age 22.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- Lim Chu Kang Road
- Date of Death:
- 9.02.1942
General Description
When withdrawing from the coast, this party came under Japanese small arms fire. Reg Brown along with several others were never sighted again. Reginald Brown was closer to 18 years of age when he died.
Reginald James Brown enlisted recording his birth date as 22 October 1920 at Magill, South Australia. He in fact was born 24 October 1924 at Kalgoorlie. His parents Albert James Brown and Dorothy Martha O’Connell married about 1924 East Coolgardie.
Reg had two younger brothers Frank and ‘Billie’ and when his father died in 1935, the Brown family was residing in Mt. Hawthorn. Reg’s mother died in 1981.
Kings Park Avenue of Honour
Plaque dedicated by his Mother.
