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class="source-citation__pages">p 6</span> <span class="source-citation__separator"> </span> <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15588022">(view original)</a> </div></li> </ul> </div> <div class="infoList"> <h3>Additional Resources and Scholarship</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3131805" target="_blank">World War I service record</a>, B2455, item Browne R S (National Archives of Australia)</li> <li><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15605376" target="_blank">photo</a>, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 1915, p 5</li> </ul> </div> <div class="infoList"> <div class="treelink"><h3 class="treelink">Related Entries in NCB Sites</h3><p class="treelink"><a class="treelink" href="/treeview/14232">view family tree</a></p></div> <ul> <li><a href="https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/browne-sylvester-john-vessie-167">Browne, Sylvester John</a> (father)<span class="linkicon"><a 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href="https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/darley-lucy-katherine-14236">Darley, Lucy Katherine</a> (cousin)<span class="linkicon"><a href="https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/darley-lucy-katherine-14236"><img src="/images/site/oa/siteIcon.jpg" alt="go to Obituaries Australia entry" title="go to Obituaries Australia entry"/></a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="citation"> <h3>Citation details</h3> <p>'Browne, Roderic Stawell (1894–1915)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/browne-roderic-stawell-14232/text25273, accessed 23 February 2025.</p> </div> <div id="printFooter"> <p class="floatLeft">© Copyright Obituaries Australia, 2010-2025</p> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { Shadowbox.init({ counterType: 'skip', continuous: true, overlayOpacity: 0.80 }); }); </script> <div id="pageSidebar"> <div class="lifeSummary"> <h3>Life Summary <span><a href ="/lifesummary/browne-roderic-stawell-14232" target="_blank">[details]</a></span></h3> <h5>Birth</h5> <p> <a href="/obituaries/birth/?bdate=1894">1894</a> <br /> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=birthLocation%3A%22Toorak%2C%20Melbourne%2C%20Victoria%2C%20Australia%22">Toorak, Melbourne</a>, <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=birthLocation%3A%22Victoria%2C%20Australia%22">Victoria</a>, <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=birthLocation%3A%22Australia%22">Australia</a> </p> <h5>Death</h5> <p> <a href="/obituaries/death/?ddate=18061915">18 June</a>, <a href="/obituaries/death/?ddate=1915">1915</a> (aged ~ 21) <br /> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=deathLocation%3A%22Gallipoli%2C%20Turkey%22">Gallipoli</a>, <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=deathLocation%3A%22Turkey%22">Turkey</a> </p> <h5>Cause of Death</h5> <p> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=causeOfDeath%3A%22killed%20in%20action%22">killed in action</a> </p> <h5> Education </h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=rele%3A%222132%22&re=true&rpp=200">King's School (Parramatta, Sydney)</a> </li> </ul> <h5> Occupation or Descriptor </h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/obituaries/occupation/?occupation=soldier&rpp=200">soldier</a> </li> </ul> <h5> Military Service </h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=rele%3A%224481%22&re=true&rpp=200">World War I</a> </li> <li> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=rele%3A%221256%22&re=true&rpp=200">Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16</a> </li> <li> <a href="/obituaries/search/?query=rele%3A%2248%22&re=true&rpp=200">5th Light Horse Regiment</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="clearFix" id="footer"> <h3>Obituaries <span class="grey">Australia</span></h3> <p>An initiative of the <a href="https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb">National Centre of Biography</a> at the <a href="https://www.anu.edu.au/">Australian National University</a></p> <div class="clearFix"> <p class="floatLeft">© Copyright Obituaries Australia, 2010-2025</p> <p class="floatLeft cdp"><a href="/copyright/">Copyright</a> · 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