Search results Next record Previous record English Māori William Pate Brown Born 28 January 1916 - Died 6 August 2002 PDF Key details Service number20721 AWMM Also known asBill Brown AWMM AB AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment, 27 Battery, E Troop AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, in uniform, walking in Queen Street and photographed by a street photographer - This image … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWilliam Pate AWMM SurnameBrown AWMM Ingoa Also known asBill Brown AWMM AB AWMM Service number20721 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth28 January 1916 AWMM Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 12 January 1940 AWMM 123 Queen Street, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr Thomas Brown (father), 131 Queen Street, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 2 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM North Africa AWMM North Africa AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number20721 AWMM Military service6 months territorial involvement AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1939-1945 Star AWMM Africa Star AWMM Defence Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 12 January 1940 AWMM Age 24 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Aquitania AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 28 Field Battery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 POW - Bardia AWMM Sidi Azeiz, Libya AWMM 13 Dec 1941-2 January 1942 AWMM Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 2 January 1942 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Frequent shrapnel wounds AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM 1 January 1941 : Admitted to ship's hospital AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM 8 January 1941 : Discharged ship's hospital AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 11 May 1944 AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment, 27 Battery, E Troop AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Joined up the day Ellen, his sister, got marriedName of Campaigns involved in included Supercharge, Crusader, Lightfoot, Battleaxe, Brevity, Battle of Alma Halfa.Liberated from Bardia Prisoner of War Camp by the 2nd South African DivisionHis nickname was pronounced as aybe(long a) AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death6 August 2002 AWMM Age 86 AWMM Whangarei, Northland AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryWaikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Quartermasters Section AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryDeath Notice: Northern Advocate, 8 August 2002 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember William Pate Brown by laying a poppy. William Nelson Brown William Oliver Brown William Pate Brown William Ralston Brown William Richard Brown Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of William Pate Brown Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsInformation kindly provided by family AWMM Unpublished papers: family papers AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Military Service Record AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM WW2 2: WW2 27 AWMM Northern Advocate AWMM Death Notice: Northern Advocate, 8 August 2002 AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.27 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
