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Hugh Stainger Brown

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Stainger AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ404527 AWMM
    • WWII 404527 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608) Christchurch, England RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr Hugh Allan Brown (father), "Birnay", Dunsandel, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mother: Mrs. A. Brown. "Biraay" Dunsandel AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Brown of Dunsandel AWMM
    • The address should read "Birsay", Dunsandel
      The ancestors came from Birsay in Orkney Public - Julia - Other relative - 19 April 2021 - Orkney map
  • Relationship status
    • Single/WWII AWMM
    • Hugh Stainger Brown was my mother's brother.
      I don't think of him as 'Uncle' because he died before I was born Public - Julia - Other relative - 19 April 2021 - Personal history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Hugh Allan Brown and Ada Brown, of Dunsandel, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Christchurch Boys' High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 January 1942 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
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  • 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
    • Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
    • Pollington Airfield Memorial Garden, Yorkshire, England AWMM

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  • You will never be forgotten, from one of your great nieces
    Public - Fiona - Other relative - 25 April 2017
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Sources

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  • References
    • The Evening Post AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. 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
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) 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 - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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10 January 2024KennethChristchurchOther relative
19 April 2021JuliaDunedin, New ZealandOther relative
06 July 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2017FionaBrisbane, AustraliaOther relative

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