Spencer Browne
| Reginald Spencer Browne | |
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Colonel Spencer Browne
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| Born |
13 July 1856 Oaklands, New South Wales |
| Died |
9 November 1943 (aged 87) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1887–1921 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Molonglo Concentration Camp 2nd Command Depot Training and General Base Depot 6th Infantry Brigade 4th Light Horse Brigade 5th Light Horse Brigade 13th Light Horse Regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
| Other work | State president of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia A Journalist's Memories (1927) |
Major General Reginald Spencer Browne CB (13 July 1856 – 9 November 1943) was a journalist, newspaper editor, and an Australian Imperial Force general in World War I.
Reginald Spencer Browne (a.k.a. Browne, R. Spencer; Browne, Spencer; Spencer-Browne, Reginald) was born at Oaklands, Appin, New South Wales on 13 July 1856, the son of a pastoralist. His father, also born in Australia, was a superintending officer of yeomanry. Browne was educated at Appin, Corowa and in England. He became journalist, working for several newspapers including the Albury Banner and the Deniliquin Pastoral Times, before becoming sub editor of the Townsville Herald in 1877, editor of the Cooktown Herald in 1878 and editor of the Brisbane Observer in 1881. In 1882 Browne joined the Brisbane Courier, and stayed there nearly all of his working life, until 1936.
Browne joined the Queensland Mounted Infantry in 1887 and was commissioned a lieutenant. During the shearers strike of 1891, Browne took commanded a flying column which put down the strike; he took part in these actions even though he was sympathetic to the unions cause. Browne was promoted to captain in 1891 and then to major in 1896.
Browne volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and sailed in November 1899 with the 1st Queensland Contingent. For his services, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps, and was mentioned in despatches. Browne returned to Australia in November 1900.
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