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Victor William Brown

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Image of gravestone at Karori Cemetery provided by Paul Baker December 2012 - No known copyright restrictions

Image of gravestone at Karori Cemetery provided by Paul Baker December 2012 - No known copyright res …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor William AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Neilson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1425 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 1A Walter Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs S.A. Brown (mother), 1A Walter Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Mrs S.A. Brown (mother), 1A Walter Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1425 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
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Surname on gravestone is Neilson; all other resources use Brown.

    SuppNom: Ex 3rd Reinforcements. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 49 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, Plot 1 YY AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Lest We Forget They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
    Public - Raewyn - Other Relative - 22 January 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Wellington City Council.
    http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
    Sources Used
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 86 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      52: 7 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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22 January 2015RaewynNew ZealandOther Relative

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