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Peter Charles Brown

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Biography for Peter Charles Brown. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives Zealand (R17845608-0194). CC-BY 2.0.

Biography for Peter Charles Brown. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Perso …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ438705 AWMM
    • WWII 438705 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1923 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Charles Edmund brown (father), 128 Cashmere Avenue, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Father: Mr. C. E. Brown. 128 Cashmere Avenue, Khandallah, Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Brown of Khandallah AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ438705 AWMM
    • WWII 438705 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Jun 1943 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Peter Brown was the son of Charles Edmund Brown and Elizabeth Jane Knock Brown, of Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Attended Wellington Boys' College

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

    Attended Wellington College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Karori Crematorium Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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