Charles Maurice BEVAN-BROWN

Regimental number3/650
Date of birth29 July 1886
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchoolmaster
AddressCollege, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 7.5"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Edmund Bevan-Brown, Christchurch Boys' High School, Christchurch
Previous military serviceCaptain, Christchurch Boys' High School Cadets
Enlistment date31 May 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Medical Corps, Ambulance/No 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT24 Mauganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNo 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, New Zealand Medical Corps
FateInvalided to New Zealand
Discharge date30 May 1916
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Captain Frederic Vivian BEVAN-BROWN, Royal Army Medical Corps; 54560 Sergeant Robert Eldred BEVAN-BROWN, Royal Army Medical Corps
Other details

War Service: Egypt

Enlisted with rank of Sergeant and posted to No 2 Stationary Hospital, New Zealand Medical Corps, 5th Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 31 May 1915.

Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board HMNZT 'Maunganui', 13 June 1915; disembarked Suez, Egypt, 27 July 1915

Admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo, 18 October 1915 (initially Influenza, then developed Paratyphoid Fever).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Egypt as invalid on board NZHMHS 'Maheno', 20 November 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 1 January 1916.

Found to be no longer fit for war service by Medical Board, Christchurch, 8 May 1916 (permanent debility resulting from Paratyphoid contracted on active service).

Discharged, no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted while on active service, Christchurch, 30 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Ambulance/No 2 NZ Stationary Hospital
Date of death27 February 1967
Age at death80
Place of burialChristchurch
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805