Civilian life
Birth
23 June 1917 AWMM AWMM
Date of birth
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Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs M.T.H. Brown, Balmoral, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Service
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Liberation Repatriation
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Biographical information
Husband of Stella Brown, Whangarei, whom he married two months before his departure. Son of Thomas Robert and Theresa Brown of Auckland.
Was employed by ABC Taxis of Whangarei.
A keen follower of civil aviation before the war, he was for several years a flying member of the Mangere Auto Club.
He was killed during the first Japanese offensive of Malaya.
Brown was first buried at Taloek. Postwar he was reinterred in the Dutch war cemetery at Medan, but at a later date was taken to Java for final reinterment at Djakarta. AWMM
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association. AWMM
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
Martyn, E. (1998-2008). vol. 3 p. 107 AWMM
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