Alan BROWN

Regimental number10/806
Date of birth30 June 1889
Place of birthHastings
OccupationOrchardist
AddressTollemache Road, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Helen Brown, Tollemache Road, Hastings
Previous military serviceServed in Stratford Mounted Rifles Regiment; no longer serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit9th Hawke's Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand Memorial), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Helen Shedden Brown, 3 Coote Road, Napier, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, Dardanelles, 7 May 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21899619

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