Archibald Harcourt Marton Browne
Born 6 Sept 1894 - Died 14 Sept 1918
- Service number
- WWI 48440 AWMM
- Also known as
- Archie Browne AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 6 Sept 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
- Pre 13 Jan 1917 AWMM Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs G. Browne (mother), Grassmere, Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 12 Jun 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 48440 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 13 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Plumber AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 12 Jun 1917-15 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 86 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted NZG Hospital, Codford 21/22 September 1917 - Hernia AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Hospitalized 4 days with influenza 8 July-11 July 1917 while on troopship 'Maunganui' AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded in action 13 September 1918 -GSW shoulder, humerus, chest & abdomen - Admitted to No. 1 NZ Field Ambulance and on 14 September 1918 AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Section of a letter written to Archie's mother 18 August 1918 from France:
"I have two or three daydreams at times, that helps a lot, to keep me cheerful, shall I picture one for you, It is :
[Scene] A troopship is steaming in alongside a wharf, & I see myself on that boat. I am leaning over the side, & I see a great gathering of people, yet amongst that gathering I see only two faces, & those faces are the dearest things on earth to me. I always picture those two faces together, and always they are looking to see that I have done my duty, & am returning to seek my reward. My reward is; well, looking after two people , & who they are you can guess. So now you can see why I am so anxious for you to take things easy...."
Died of wounds (gunshot)
Five brothers served in World War 1, 4 were killed - Arthur (81637), Edward (12/1163), Archibald (48440), William (6/2489) and James (13/2163); only Edward (12/1163) survived.
Next of Kin: Mrs G. Browne, Mt Eden Auckalnd (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 14 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age 24 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
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Barastre Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM Grave No. 9 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Family Grave Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland AWMM
- Kingsland Methodist Trinity Church Roll of Honour 1914-1918, 400 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1021 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21888986
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/564928/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/564928
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
67: 5 - Western Leader
Western Leader, 9 May 2003 (the Western Leader is a local newspaper from the Auckland Western suburbs) - 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. 3: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- 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.
- HMNZT 86. Te whakanui : the unofficial journal of the 26th and 27th Reinforcements R.N.Z.A., 26th N.Z. Field Engineers, 27th Specialist Coy., "E", "G", "H" and "J" (Coys.) 26th Infantry Reinforcements, 26th N.Z.A.S.C., 18th Pioneers, and 26th Medical Corps. (1917). At sea: [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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