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Tono Brown

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1432 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Tahu Brown AWMM
    • Tonutu AWMM
    • TONO BROWN KAWITI Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Newspaper Report
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tono AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Tahu Brown AWMM
    • Tonutu AWMM
    • TONO BROWN KAWITI Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Newspaper Report
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1432 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Anglican Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Circa 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    abt 1895 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record (estimated - did not know his birthdate)
  • Place of birth
    Kawakawa, Northland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Tahu Brown Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Kawakawa, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tahu Brown (father), Waiomio, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1432 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      London Gazette 28 September 1917, p10039, Rec No 1084 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at La Basse Ville on night of Augus t3/4th, While erecting entanglements in front of outpost line under the most adverse weather condition. The party was consistently exposed to enemy shell and machine-gun fire being on the exposed flank. Pte, Brown by his cheerful example encouraged the men of his section to stick to their jobs and the amount of wire erected was largely due to his efforts." McDonald, p. 32 AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      Military Medal (MM) awarded Sept 1917: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at LA BASSE VILLE on night of August 3/4th, While erating entanglements in front of outpost line under the most adverse weather condition. The party was consistently exposed to enemy shell and machine gun fire being on the exposed flank. Private, Brown by his cheerful example encouraged the men of his section to stick to their jobs and the amount of wire erected was largely due to his efforts. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Miltiary Medal & http://patria.homestead.com/patriaBROWN-T.html

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record

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
    Nov 1917 Admitted to Hospital in France - Sick Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Tono or Tonotu Paraone 1895 -1932 was one of two sons of Hoori (Charlie) Tahua Paraone (Brown). Hoori Tahua was the son of Hirini maihi Paraone.
      Hirini was a grandson to Kawiti, Tono’s brother was Maihi Tahu Paraone. 1895 -1962. AWMM
    • THE MILITARY MEDAL
      TONO BROWN KAWITI. Tono Brown Kawiti, who distinguished himself by winning the Military Medal during the recent fighting in France, is a descendant of a line of warriors. He is the great grandson on both sides of the old warrior, Kawiti of Ruapekapeka Pa fame, Brown being added when Sir Gore Brown was Governor of New Zealand. He has been on active service over a year, having joined the Expeditionary Forces early in 1916. His home is at Waiomio, near Kawakawa, and the Ruapekapeka Pa overlooks the Maori settlement there. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1917, Page 5
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Death

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  • Death
    1932 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1931 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    28yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
      p. 32 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      34: 40 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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16 November 2021MarkNew ZealandOther relative
12 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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