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Waitangi Brown

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Pte # 811814 Waitangi BROWN of Cape Runaway15th Reinforcements of 28th Maori Battalion

Waitangi BROWN

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Waitangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    811814 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Cape Runaway, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr T. Brown (father), Raukakore, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Queenie; father of Queenie, John, Arthur AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 October 2004 AWMM
    Dargaville, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mt Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Returned Services section AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • My Grandfather, never far from my heart and thoughts, I miss you every day... ANZAC is a time that brings your memory to the forefront of all that we do, you were to me, my hero. Lest we forget, RIP Grandpa x
    Public - Selena May - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form - Death notice AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 21 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.74 AWMM

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27 September 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
24 April 2015Selena MayOpotiki New Zealand Other Relative

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