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Thomas Brown

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/223 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/223 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 February 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    4 February 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Henley, Otago Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of William Henry Brown Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Henley, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Working for the Central Electric Power Board, Hamilton Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Henry Brown (father), Henley, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Lemnos & Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/223 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    National Reserves & Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    28 yrs 5mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Lance Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 May 1974 Public Source
  • Date of death
    6 May 1974 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & Military Record
  • Age at death
    89yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & Military Record
  • Place of death
    Hamilton, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & Military Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21888878
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 86 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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18 February 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher
03 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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