Mr Brown died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, on May 24, 1915, from a gunshot wound to the head he had suffered during the Gallipoli Campaign that started with the infamous landing less than a month before.

It was a sad and somewhat lonely end to a young man who spent his formative years in Moruya before moving to Sydney as a child.

War historian Cathy Sedgwick, who researches the lives of Australian soldiers who were buried in British war cemeteries, said Mr Brown as born in Moruya in 1889 to Thomas Glover Brown and his wife Euroma Kiora Brown.

"Eric Thomas Brown attended Enmore Public School in NSW," she said.

"The 1913 Australian Eletoral Roll for the division of Enmore listed Eric Thomas Brown as a printer who lived at 15 Belmore Street with his parents.

"He stated on his Attestation Papers for the Australian Imperial force that he had been apprenticed to WM MacLurchy of Sydney for five years."

Ms Sedgwick's research also found that Mr Brown worked in Randwick and was a member of the Church of England when he enlisted in the armed forces.

"He was posted to the 4th Battalion on August 25, 1914, for recruit training," she said.

"He then embarked from Sydney, NSW, on HMAT Euripides on October 20, 1914, with the 4th Infantry Battalion 'D' Company."

Ms Sedgwick said Mr Brown's service record file didn't list his movements after he boarded the Euripides, and there are no details given as to when or where he was wounded.

The only evidence he died during the Gallipoli Campaign is memorial notices in newspapers of the time.

"We do know he died on May 24 in Hampshire from wounds received in action - a gunshot wound to the skull," she said.

"His death was registered in the June quarter, 1915, in the district of South Stoneham, Hampshire.

"He was buried in the Netley Military Cemetry, Hampshire, in plot number C.E. 1692, and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone."

Shortly after his death, Ms Sedgwick said his mother was granted a War Pension of £39 per annum, which was amended to £2 per fortnight from July 20, 1916.

"Private Brown was entitled to the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal," Ms Sedgwick said.

"A Memorial Scroll and Memorial Plaque were also sent to his father in 1921."

Mr Brown is remembered on Panel 39 of the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial and on the War Memorial in front of the Moruya Memorial Hall.