James Dewar Brown

Forenames

James Dewar AWMM

Surname

Brown AWMM

Service number

WWI 42624 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Mar 1893 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs S.D. Corston (sister), Milton, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 42624 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Apr 1917-10 Jun 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 80 AWMM Vessel was Corinthic AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

James D. Brown was the son of James Dewar Brown and Christina Brown, of Wangaloa, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Brother of Lance Corporal Robert Brown 53312. AWMM

Death

18 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM Q. II. B. 6. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21888669
  Further Reference
• 'Military Appeal Court: Balclutha sitting', Bruce Herald, 11 Decemeber 1916. Papers Past. Details Matthew Brown's case in the court.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH19161211.2.7?end_date=11-12-1916&phrase=0&query=brown+&start_date=11-12-1916&title=BH
  Further Reference
• 'Military Service Act: the Board flouted', Bruce Herald, 22 February 1917. Papers Past. Details both Robert and Matthew Brown's cases with the Military Service Board regarding the sale of the family-held farm and their conscription for military service.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH19170222.2.34?end_date=22-02-1917&phrase=0&query=brown&start_date=22-02-1917&title=BH
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/27917/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/27917
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  57: 35
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 80. Tiki-talk / edited by A. Allen, S.D. Waters and J. Carmody ; artist, Gordon Calman. (1917). London: Printed and published by the Angus Printing Co. for the executive committee of Tiki-talk.