Alfred Bessell-Browne Military person

Brigadier General Alfred Joseph Bessell-Browne CB, CMG, DSO (3 September 1877 – 3 August 1947) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier-General in World War I. He retired as a Brigadier-General in 1942.

Personal facts

Alfred Bessell-Browne
Birth dateSeptember 03, 1877
Birth place
New Zealand , Auckland
Date of deathAugust 03, 1947

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Military person

allegianceAustralian Army
award
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Passchendaele
Second Boer War
World War II
ANZAC Cove
World War I
Battle of Pozières
military command
2nd Field Artillery Brigade
37th Field Battery
3rd Field Artillery Brigade
5th Division Artillery
US 30th Division's artillery (temporary)
Volunteer Defence Corps in Western Australia

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External resources

  1. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070282b.htm
  2. http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Generals/bessell_browne.html