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Cenotaph record

Colin Birnie Browne

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Silverdale War Memorial 1914-1918, 2157 East Coast Road, Silverdale 0993. Image provided by John Halpin 2012, CC BY John Halpin 2012

Silverdale War Memorial 1914-1918, 2157 East Coast Road, Silverdale 0993. Image provided by John Hal …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Birnie AWMM
  • Surname
    Browne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26/1572 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Albert Christie (uncle), Exmouth, Sunny Centre, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26/1572 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 Clerk 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 Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Colin Browne was the son of Walter J. and Maria Haylett Browne. Born at Kokonada, Madras, India. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 44 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM III. K. 14. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Silverdale RSA, 43A Vipond Road, Stanmore Bay, Silverdale 0932 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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