Daniel BROWN

Regimental number8/2543
Date of birth25 August 1888
Place of birthTapanui
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationJoiner
AddressChaucer Street, Milton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, A Brown, Watchmaker, Milton
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 25), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Laura Brown, Milton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit, Sarpi Camp.

Reverted to the ranks, Lemnos, 1 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Appointed Lance Corporal, Moascar, 20 March 1916, and transferred to NZ Field Artillery.

Embarked for France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 14 July 1916 (multiple shell wounds, left thigh, chest and abdomen), admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to 8th Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 15 July 1916.

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

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