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Heroic Score167583rd out of 4481
Number of Medals11
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score185569 of 4481
Australian Army#9of 85
Infantry#199of 1502
World War I#239of 928
Western Front#24of 154
Battle of Passchendaele#11of 42
German spring offensive#5of 11
World War II#264of 924
Pacific War#9of 37
Malayan campaign#1of 1
Battle of Singapore (MIA)#1of 1
Walter Brown (soldier)
Sergeant (WW1) Gunner (WW2), Australian Army
World War IWestern FrontBattle of PasschendaeleGerman spring offensiveWorld War IIPacific WarMalayan campaignBattle of Singapore (MIA)
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Walter Ernest Brown, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in Tasmania and worked as a grocer before enlisting in the Australian Army in 1915, following the outbreak of First World War. Initially he was sent to Egypt where he served in the Australian Service Corps before being transferred to the Western Front where he served in the infantry with the 20th Battalion. In July 1918, during the fighting at Villers-Bretonneux he single-handedly destroyed a German machine-gun post, taking a number of prisoners in the process. For this act he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was also later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for a previous act of bravery.
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Score Breakdown
Distinguished Conduct Medal(base 45)
+45Victoria Cross(base 100)
+100Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))
+22Heroic Score167 pts