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David Roderick Llewelyn Brown

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Roderick Llewelyn AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ41867 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 June 1917 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M.T.H. Brown, Balmoral, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mother: Mrs. M. T. H. Brown. 40 Pine St, Balmoral, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. & Mrs. T. R. Brown of Balmoral, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Enlistment
  • 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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.

    Attended Whakatane District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    13 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Sumatra, Indonesia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia AWMM 2 C 3 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748) AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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