Grant Wallace Browne

Forenames

Grant Wallace AWMM

Surname

Browne AWMM

Service number

• NZ4212639 AWMM
• WWII 4212639 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

25 Dec 1914 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Next of kin

• Mrs Nora Browne (wife), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Wife: Mrs. N. Browne. 51 Rawhiti Rd, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. S. A. Browne of Auckland AWMM

Relationship status

• Married/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ4212639 AWMM
• WWII 4212639 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 71. Graduation Date: 14/02/1944. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Lurline AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Flying Officer/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM

Grant was the son of Samuel Adam and Jessica Browne.

Grant Browne's name appeared in the Herald on 22 March 1945 listed, Missing believed killed.

In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

24 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Claim by Hptm Werner Baake Stab I/NJG1 - North of Leuchefeuer “U” at 18:50.
  Public - John - Researcher - 9 December 2024 - Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten

Cemetery

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 1 H 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/2037257
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845746)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845746
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing believed killed - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845746)
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.