Charles Smith Brown

Forenames

Charles Smith AWMM

Surname

Brown AWMM

Also known as

Buster AWMM

Service number

WWII 25818 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Tainui, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

19 February 1919

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2026 - NZ BDM Birth records

Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Barney & Annie BROWN

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2026 - NZ BDM Birth records

Address before enlistment

• WW2 261 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Jayforce 261 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW2 Mr B. Brown (father), 261 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Jayforce Mr B. Brown (father), 261 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Single AWMM
• Single/Jayforce AWMM
• 1949 Charles Smith BROWN married Dorothy KEARNY
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2026 - NZ BDM Marriage records

War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 25818 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Boilermaker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• Jayforce Temporary Corporal AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• J Force - Greetings from D Squadron. A greeting recorded by Charles Smith "Buster" Brown in Japan in 1946 can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue (ID: 9396)
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference
• Johnston, S. (2025, August 11). Voices of J Force: Recordings of New Zealanders in post-war Japan. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/new-zealand-history/voices-of-j-force-recordings-of-new-zealanders-in-post-war-japan/
  Further Reference

References

• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 57
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 16: WW2 16
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.