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BROWN, Leonard Nathaniel
(Service number 63257)

Aliases	Nat
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	5 July 1888	Place of Birth	NZ

Enlistment Information

Date	21 June 1917	Age	29 years
Address at Enlistment	Arundel
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J. BROWN (brother), Arundel, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 158 lbs. Chest measurement 36-39 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (right). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

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	32nd Reinforcements, E Company
Date	21 November 1917
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	9 February 1919	Reason	On the termination of his period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	17 June 1957	Age	69 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 June 1957
Memorial or Cemetery	Woodbury Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leonard Nathaniel Brown was the son of Andrew and Eliza (née Gale) Brown, of Arundel. His future brother-in-law, Harold William Turner also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 December 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives New Zealand ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0019117) [15 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 December 2016]; Timaru Herald, 18 June 1957 (Timaru District Library) [07 December 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [16 December 2016]

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