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Anthony Brown

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Anthony AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Willis AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2364 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Morton Road, Georgetown, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Archibald Brown (father), Morton Road, Georgetown, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2364 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr Archibald and Jane Brown, of 27 Manor Place, Dunedin, New Zealand. His father migrated to New Zealand as a ship's carpenter, then worked as a carpenter with the New Zealand Railways and was also an inspector of bridges.

    Willis (Anthony) was the eighth child in a family of eleven.

    His parents and at least three of the unmarried sisters moved to Dunedin shortly before WW1 began.

    A skilled rugby player, his sister, watched as he spat out three front teeth on Rugby Park, Invercargill and carried on playing.

    Known in the family as Willis AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    24 August 1918 AWMM
    Bapaume, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV. P. 2. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • My father Gordon Brown, (Willis' nephew, aged 94 in April 2015) states that Willis locked the scrum for the New Zealand Services team before his death at Bapaume.
    Public - Margaret - Other Relative - 26 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
13 February 2018ALLANRotoruaResearcher
26 April 2015MargaretMelbourne AustraliaOther Relative

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