Captain Garnet Wollesley Brown Memorial Tablet, Tamworth

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This war memorial is a Gothic-shaped marble tablet dedicated to Captain Garnet Wollesley Brown, who was killed while serving in the First World War. It has a plain design, without any decorative elements. The dedication to Brown is inscribed into the surface of the marble and the letters blackened with lead.  Garnet Wollesley Brown was born on 2 June 1890 at Ashfield, Sydney. On 3 September 1914, aged 24 years, he enlisted as a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, G Company. His unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914. As a Captain in the 2nd Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action on 6 August 1915 at Gallipoli, Dardanelles, in Turkey. He was buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula. On 21 August, The Tamworth Daily Observer published a detailed article about his death. On 18 December, the Observer reported this tablet was scheduled to be dedicated on 26 December at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Tamworth. In time, it was relocated to Tamworth City Uniting Church, formerly Tamworth Methodist. Access to it is restricted to the opening hours of the church.  Unveiled at the same time was another tablet, of matching design, which is listed separately on the NSW War Memorials Register as the Private Malcolm McLeod Memorial Tablet, Tamworth. It is also now located in Tamworth City Uniting Church.