James Browne

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Browne AWMM

Also known as

James Welton Browne AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/581 AWMM
• WWI 13/2163 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Birth

24 Aug 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 15 Jun 1915 AWMM 27 George Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs G. Browne (mother),Grassmere, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Samoa AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Sinai & Palestine AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/581 AWMM
• WWI 13/2163 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 15 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Driver/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 28 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

19 Apr 1917 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
• Family Grave Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Port Albert Public School, Port Albert Hall, Rodney, New Zealand AWMM
• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. 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

External links

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21889018
Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 87
• Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file
• Western Leader
  Western Leader 9 May 2003. The Western Leader is a local newspaper in the Auckland region.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.