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Wesley Thomson Browning

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Wesley Thomson Browning

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wesley Thomson AWMM
  • Surname
    Browning AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    11662 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 July 1917 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    08/07/1917 Public - Browning - Child - 7 July 2017 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Otautau Public - Roger - Child - 8 July 2017 - Family History
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Public Works Department, Ryal Bush, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Browning - Child - 7 July 2017 - Family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr George Albert Browning (father), Long Bush, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married to Daphne Ivy Browning (nee Earl) Public - Browning - Child - 7 July 2017 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    11662 AWMM
  • Military service
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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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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Dad passed away at his home in Invercargill on February 26, 1997, while mowing the lawn
    Public - Browning - Child - 7 July 2017
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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 2: WW2 27 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 July 2017RogerLondon UKChild
07 July 2017BrowningLondon, UKChild

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