Andrew James Brown (SN 1667) was born at Stawell but living at Haddon, just south-west of Ballarat, when he enlisted on February 21st 1916. He trained in Ballarat with the 39th and 14th Depot Battalions before joining the 57th Battalion. He embarked for overseas service on the Euripides on April 4th. He had a further three months of training in England before being moved to France in September and transferring to the 59th Battalion with whom he served until early in 1918. In February 1918 he was detached for duty with the YMCA with whom he served as a cook until he was hospitalised with influenza in October. After the war he returned home on the Port Lyttleton, disembarking at Melbourne on August 5th 1919. He died in November 1968 at the age of 83.