Geoffrey McPherson Brown
Born 23 Aug 1894 - Died 8 May 1915
- Service number
- WWI 12/43 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd (Auckland) Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 23 Aug 1894 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Schoolhouse, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- T.H. Brown (father), Schoolmaster, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/43 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 17 AWMM
School teacher/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd (Auckland) Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Francis Hamilton Brown and Emily Brown (nee Beetham) of School House, Takapuna, Auckland.
Brother of Arthur Noel Brown (26784) kia; brother in law of John Thomas Mervyn Brewster (12/4142) and uncle of Geoffrey Albert Brewster (1814)
Attended Auckland Grammar School. Had served as a cadet with the Auckland Grammar School till he left school
Attested at Epsom Camp on 7 September 1914
Disembarked at Alexandria on No 12 transport on 3 December 1914 after spending 64 days at sea.
Victory medal, British war medal and 1914/15 Star were passed to Frank (Francis) Brown (father) in 1923, who was living at Dawson Street, Hamilton
Next of Kin: Mr T. H. Brown, Mt., Albert, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 8 May 1915 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey AWMM
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial street name: Brown Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM
- Memorial plaque, St Peter's Anglican Church, 11 Killarney Street, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21888563
Further Reference - New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
Further Reference - Portrait in Home Studio, Observer, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 26 June 1915, Page 14
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19150626.2.23.1&srpos
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739016/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739016
Further Reference
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 84 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
1915, Second term. p.16. - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
1917, Third term. p.23. - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Information kindly provided by family
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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