Private Joseph Moran Brown
Number: 33555
Company: 61st (South Irish Horse) Company (Dublin) (New), 17th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 15 February 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years
Trade of calling: Beam finisher/ plumber
Place of birth: In the Parish of Belfast, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim
Family: Single. Mother Margaret Brown (nee Nolan), and four sisters, of 20 Hatfield Street, Belfast. Father Robert (dec.), gardener.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 8". Complexion fresh, eyes blue grey, hair brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 26 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 14 December 1901
Place: Military Hospital, Dewetsdorp, from wounds received near Dewetsdorp.
Cause: Died of wounds
Buried/ commemorated: British Military Cemetery, Dewetsdorp, unmarked grave, or possibly one of those marked as an unknown soldier.
Northern Whig, 21 December 1901
This page last update 27 August 2024.