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David Burton Brown

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New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate (Photo G. Fortune in 2002) - Image has All Rights Reserved

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Burton AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2083 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Vogeltown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Brown (father), Upper Mangorei, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2083 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 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Jessie Brown, of Burton, Vogeltown, New Plymouth. Native of Mangorei, Taranaki. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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07 October 2022NormHavelock North NZResearcher
24 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
17 May 2018NPBHSNew Plymouth, New ZealandResearcher

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