Browne John Cassells Lt 89229
Personnel Entry
Name Browne John Cassells
Army number 89229
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 28
Unit DLI - 2/Lt 9th Bn DLI 17/6/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 16th Bn DLI 1/7/1940, Rej No 4 ITC 25/9/1940, Posted 14th Bn DLI as at Oct 1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, Posted Reinf Coy 6/5/1944, Posted 6th Bn, KILLED in ACTION with 6th Bn DLI 9/8/1944
Company/Battery D
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Pln Cdr
Joined Brigade 05-Dec-43
Promotions W/S Lt 1/1/1941, T/Capt 5/7/1941, Major
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 09-Aug-44
Home address Born July 1916 Glengormley Co. Antrim. Son of Robert and Eliza J. Browne, of Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Agnes Nesbitt Browne. Buried Grave XXI. A. 10. Bayeux War Cemetery.
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