Charles Henry Unsworth Louis Browne

Forenames

Charles Henry Unsworth Louis AWMM

Surname

Browne AWMM

Also known as

Charles Henry Ernsworth Browne AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1476 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 2 Apr 1892 AWMM
• 2 Apr 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

2 April 1892

Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Place of birth

Blenheim

Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Post-office, Motueka, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

H.V. Browne (father), Draper, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1476 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Charles Browne was the son of Hector Vincent and Katherine Elizabeth Browne, of Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Blenheim, New Zealand.

He also served in Gallipoli.

Next of Kin: Mr H. W. Browne, Hoteo, Kaipara (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

18 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. B. 13. AWMM

Memorial name

• Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
• Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21888993
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/36666/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/36666
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 87
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.