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BROWN, Charles Douglas
(Service number 39942)

Aliases Known as Douglas
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 30 November 1895 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Heretaunga
Occupation Butter maker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs E. BROWN (mother), Waimataitai, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 22nd Reinforcements, F Company
Date 13 February 1917
Transport Mokoia
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Otago Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date 20 July 1964 Age 69 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 119, Plot 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Douglas Brown, know as Douglas, was born on 30 November 1895 at Timaru, the son of James and Agnes Elizabeth (née Hall) Brown.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [29 December 2016]

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