Browne, Denis John

 Person: id 2539
University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Browne
Given name(s)
Denis John
Initials
D.J.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Naming note
Nicknames Walko, Splinter Browne & D.B
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.B. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting in January, 1915, and sailing 26th March as R.M.O. 13th A.L.H. Reinforcements, returned invalided 3rd January, 1916. Re-embarking 27th May, 1916, joined 12th Australian Field Ambulance 5th September, becoming R.M.O. 52nd, 4th Pioneer and 48th Battns. for short periods. Served at No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, from 2nd July, 1918, to 25th January, 1919, being demobilised in United Kingdom, 28th December. Early education at The King's School. Later at St. Paul's College.
USyd residential college
St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
Parental occupation
Pastoralist
Narrative
In 1957 Browne was awarded the Royal College of Surgeons' Dawson Williams prize and the American Academy of Pediatrics' William E. Ladd memorial medal. ADB entry
ADB Entry ID
9603
Basic Information needed
No
Flag BoR OCR text
Yes
BOR Archives File
Yes
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