Walter Fowler Brownsworth
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Written on the backside of the photo:
He died on 27 August 1978 age 92 and had been a Brigadier in the Australian Army then became a sheep farmer. I guess, as I found the photo in England, that he had ties here. The photo was taken at approx. 25 years old. |
The information is kindly provided by Christine Small
Probably his family:
1891 England Census about the Brownsworth family, 9, Belmont Terrace, Skipton
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David Brownsworth
Head
Married
Male
48
1843
Photographer Vc
Birkenhead, Cheshire
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Sophia Brownsworth
Wife
Married
Female
42
1849
Newton, Scotland |
Sarah Agnes Brownsw.
Daughter
Female
20
1871
Photographer
Birkenhead, Cheshire |
Sophia Brownsworth
Daughter
Female
14
1877
Teacher
Skipton, Yorkshire |
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George Brownsworth
Son
Male
11
1880
Scholar
Skipton, Yorkshire
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David A. Brownsworth
Son
Male
10
1881
Scholar
Skipton, Yorkshire |
Walter F. Brownsworth
Son
Male
9
1882
Scholar
Skipton, Yorkshire |
Margretta Brownsworth
Daughter
Female
6
1885
Scholar
Skipton, Yorkshire |
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Edith M. Brownsworth
Daughter
Female
3
1888
Skipton, Yorkshire
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Edmund A. Brownsworth
Son
Male
6 weeks
1891
Skipton, Yorkshire |
Outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890 - 1960
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W. F. Brownsworth
9 February 1912
London
Wellington
New Zealand
Single
Male
Gent
Maloja
G. H. C. Weston
Peninsular & Oriental S N Company
Sydney, Australia
6781
184
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The Mail (Adelaide, South Australia) reports on 09 December 1939:
War Service, Adventure, Sharebroking---Now A Stud Sheep Breeder
After a thrilling lifetime of war service and adventure, to settle down as a successful stud sheep breeder near a quiet little hills' town is the record of Col. W. Fowler-Brownsworth, M. C., E. D., whom I met this week.
He told me a story of adventure that would thrill most men.. He certainly is a good raconteur. I have been acquainted with the colonel for a number of years, but previously have always found him rather "hard to know".
A typical English officer, still with the face and figure of a man half hid age, one would never dream he has passed through such stirring and adventurous times.
He told me that he was born at Dalesman, in the West Ridings of Yorkshire and that his career would have been that of a fabric designer but for the Boer War, in which he fought. Duty to his country over-rode other considerations and 1900 found him serving in the army of occupation in Egypt.
On the termination of the Boer War he was detailed for service in the Egyptian Army and served there till 1906. He thzen took up a position as secretary in Egypt for Messr. John Aird and Co., who had a contract for building barrages on the Nile.
Following that he returned to the Sudan and took up a position as manager for the Kordopan Trading Co. Ltd. of London. This company dealt in practically every commodity produced in Africa. It had many trading stations and the administration of these from Khartoum to the Congo and the Abyssinian border - fully occupied Col. Fowler-Brownsworth's time.
Adventure and thrills were certainly crammed into those years but failing health caused him to resign and he came to South Australia in 1913.
When the last war broke out he immediately enlisted with the A. I. F. Service on Gallipoli and in Egypt and France followed and finally he came back to South Australia in 1919.
His post war public service has been chiefly military. Successively he commanded the 5th-10th, and 43rd and 48th Battalions over a period of seven years, and for a further seven years he commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade - a record of which the colonel has just reason to feel proud.
Not satisfied with this record, the colonel entered into sharebroking activities but retired in 1934.
Now, at the age of 59 - but still looking young man and dapper - you will generally find him in the delightful surroundings of his Woodhouse Estate in the Piccadilly Valley, hard working, full of energy and efficiently founding and building up a stud of Ryelands sheep.
Time permitting, this stud will most likely develop into one of the best in this State. |
Lieutenant Brownsworth wounded (Article date: 12 May 1916) (Brother of Walter Fowler Brownsworth)
On Tuesday last information was received that First-Lieutenant Edmund A. Brownsworth, son of the late Mr. David Brownsworth, photographer, and Mrs. Brownsworth, Otley Street Skipton, has been wounded by a mine explosion while serving with the 1st Leicester Regiment in France. News came to hand in a telegram from which it appeared that Lieut. Brownsworth was severely injured, and this was followed by a second telegram on Wednesday announcing that he had lived through the night.
Later information is to the effect that Lieut. Brownsworth has been admitted to the 10th Clearing Station at Beele, and that he received his wounds on the 8th inst.
The injured officer joined the Leicester Regiment the age of 18, and has been at the Front from the commencement of the War. He held the rank of sergeant when given his commission, and is one of four sons serving with the Colours. |
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