Alva Telford Brown

Forenames

Alva Telford AWMM

Surname

Brown AWMM

Service number

9939 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1918 Public Source

Date of birth

1918

Public - Ross - Other Relative - 15 September 2015 - B D M Records.

Place of birth

Matata, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Public - Ross - Other Relative - 15 September 2015 - B D M Records.

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 129 Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Samuel Brown (father), 44 Eden Crescent, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

9939 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Medical Corps, 5 Field Ambulance AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps, 5 Field Ambulance AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Poland AWMM
Lazarett Klagenfurt AWMM

Medical notes

21 Aug 1941 AWMM Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died whilst prisoner of war. Accident while working. AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

Son of Samuel Brown and of Gertrude Emma Brown (nee Jones), of Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria AWMM 2. F. 4. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805251
Sources Used

References

• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.