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Daniel Brown

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Daniel AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/2543 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 August 1888 Military Personnel file Tapanui, Otago Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Chaucer Street, Milton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A. Brown (father), Watchmaker, Milton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/2543 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      143 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Daniel Brown was the son of Alexander and Laura Brown, of Milton, New Zealand.

    Joined unit, Sarpi Camp.
    Reverted to the ranks, Lemnos, 1 October 1915.
    Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
    Appointed Lance Corporal, Moascar, 20 March 1916, and transferred to NZ Field Artillery.
    Embarked for France, 6 April 1916.
    Wounded in action, 14 July 1916 (multiple shell wounds, left thigh, chest and abdomen), admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to 8th Casualty Clearing Station.
    Died of wounds, 15 July 1916.

    Parents: Alexander and Laura Brown, Milton AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 15 July 1916 AWMM
      Age 27 AWMM
      France, Europe AWMM
    • 15 July 1916 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 25. AWMM
    • Northern Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 2, Plot 2 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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