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James Browne

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Portrait, James Browne in civilian clothes leaning on carved wooden chair back - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, James Browne in civilian clothes leaning on carved wooden chair back - No known copyright …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Browne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    James Welton Browne AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 1/581 AWMM
    • WWI 13/2163 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 August 1891 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 15 June 1915 AWMM 27 George Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs G. Browne (mother),Grassmere, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Samoa AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • Sinai & Palestine AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 1/581 AWMM
    • WWI 13/2163 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 15 June 1915 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Driver/Military AWMM
    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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Five brothers served in World War 1, 4 were killed - Arthur (81637), Edward (12/1163), Archibald (48440), William (6/2489) and James (13/2163); only Edward (12/1163) survived.

    Trooper Browne was originally member of the Samoan Advance Party. He was discharged 13 April 1915. He joined 1st NZEF Force 15 June 1915, leaving for Gallipoli on 14 August 1915 with Auckland Mounted Rifles.

    Not buried by Regiment as his grave was situated outside unit lines.

    Memorial in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland: In Loving Memory of Trooper J. Browne. killed in Action (Gaza). 19 April 1917. Aged 25 years. This memorial has the names of three other brothers who died during World War One and one brother who survived the war and died in 1970. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    19 April 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
    • Family Grave Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Port Albert Public School, Port Albert Hall, Rodney, New Zealand AWMM
    • Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
    • Kingsland Methodist Trinity Church Roll of Honour 1914-1918, 400 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1021 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21889018
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 87 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file AWMM
    • Western Leader AWMM
      Western Leader 9 May 2003. The Western Leader is a local newspaper in the Auckland region. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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28 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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