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Charles Harold Brown

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Monty AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60057 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1891 AWMM Tuakau, South Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.M. Brown (wife), care of J.J. Hart, Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 October 1917 AWMM Married 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 60057 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
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Gassed in the trenches in France AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George Brown and Louisa Catherine Brown (nee Potter). Husband of Evelyn (Eva) May (nee Hart); father of David, Melva

    Monty probably enlisted around 1915 at the age of about 24

    Monty was first cousin to Geoffrey Brown (12.43); Arthur Noel Brown (26784) and Martin Goerge Brown (26786)

    he lived in Pukekohe after the war AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 February 1964 AWMM
    Age 72 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pukekohe Cemetery, Wellington Street, Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM Wesleyan Section Row I-17. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, February 1964 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Takapuna Primary School, Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21888485
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      72: 4 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, February 1964 AWMM

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