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Cyril Ivan Brown

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 60), Page: 9 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Ivan AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 36251 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 November 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Patea, Taranaki Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.I. Brown (wife), care of W. Brown, Laery and Co. (Limited), Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 April 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 36251 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 Soldier/Military 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cyril Brown was the son of William and Annie Brown, of Wellington; husband of Eunice Brown, of 78, Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.

    He is commemorated on one of the bells (donated by William Brown) of the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington.

    Reported to NZ Field Artillery Depot, Chadderton, England, 29 July 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 1 August 1917; posted to 6th Battery, 20 August 1917.
    Wounded in action (date not recorded) (shell wound head); transferred to England, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, 9 November 1917; listed as 'dangerously ill,. 5 December 1917; 'critical', 13 December 1917.
    Died of wounds, 13 December 1917.

    Parents: William and Annie Brown, Wellington; Wife: Eunice Brown, 78 Oriental Bay, Wellington AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII. C. 7. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

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