David Harold Binns BROWN

Regimental number23962
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinFather, F W Brown, Shaddock Street, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 30-31 May 1916
A Company, Auckland Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements, left Wellington on board two ships: 'Tofua' (sailed 30 May 1916) and 'Willochra' (sailed 31 May 1916). From the Nominal Rolls it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 9), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William and Ellen Brown, Shaddock Street, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 5