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Alfred Frederick Browne

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Portrait (Northland roll of honour 2002) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait (Northland roll of honour 2002) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Browne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Fredrick AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 3766 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
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E. Browne (mother), Experimental Farm, Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1944 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 3766 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
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Roll 1, p. 27 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Roll 1, p. 27
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
      Crete, Greece AWMM
      1 June 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag IV-A, Elsterhorst, Hoyerswerda, Germany AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag IV-C, Wistritz bei Teplitz, Czech Republic POW Deaths (R25405152)
      Air Raid AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Killed during in air raid whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 5 December 1944 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Killed following an Air Raid. AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alfred James Browne and Elizabeth Browne, of Aoroa, Auckland

    Alfred Frederick Browne (3766) and his half-brother Driver George William Corp (3744) arrived in New Zealand with other members of the family around 1928, and went to Northern Wairoa to manage the experimental farm around 1937. Both brothers worked on the farm.

    Both enlisted shortly after the war commenced and went overseas with the First Echelon; both were killed in an allied bombing raid.

    Taken prisoner in Crete, along with his half-brother Alfred Frederick Browne (3766), and sent to Stalag VIII B and later transferred to a prison camp near Dresden.

    Alfred Frederick Browne (3766) and his half-brother Driver George William Corp (3744) were killed during in air raid on Germany where they were prisoners of war.

    Name spelled ar Fredrick on the Nominal Roll AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 May 1944 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Prague War Cemetery, Czech Republic AWMM I. A. 11. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2270125
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 27 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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