Alan Stewart Broun

Title

Pilot Officer

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Forenames

Alan Stewart AWMM

Surname

Broun AWMM

Also known as

Alan Stewart BROWN

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Service number

• NZ405367 AWMM
• WWII 405367 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1910 Public Source

Date of birth

1910

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Place of birth

Auckland NZ

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Birth notes

son of James Scotter BROWN (Broun) & Margaret nee' DAY

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Next of kin

• Mr J.L. Broun (father), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. J. S. Broun. 34 Rahiri Rd, Mt. Eden, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Broun of Auckland AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Single
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ405367 AWMM
• WWII 405367 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Air Observer School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 20. Graduation Date: 22/07/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Last rank

Pilot Officer (Navigator) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

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

Death

9 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

FIVE SONS IN THE FORCES The third of five sons of Mr. J.'S. Broun, 34 Rahiri Road, Mount Eden, with the armed forces, Pilot-Officer Alan Stewart Broun has been posted missing on operations of July 8 and 9, according to advice from the Air Ministry. Pilot-Officer Broun, who was recently posted to the New Zealand Bomber Squadron, sailed for Canada in February, 1941. for training as an observer under the Empire air training scheme. He gained his commission just before leaving that country' and arrived in England in October of last year. Pilot-Officer Broun, who is 33, was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and at Auckland University College, where he took an accountancy course. He represented the university for several years at both tennis and hockey. He also. represented the Parnell Tennis Club in inter-club tennis.

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NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 79, ISSUE 24327, 16 JULY 1942, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1530548
  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

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
  Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol. 3 p. 106
• 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
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• 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 - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.