Oscar John BROWN

Regimental number50478
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Brown, Oturehua, Otago Central
Rank on embarkationDriver
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Mokoia on 13 August 1917
Final rankDriver
Final unit9th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 26 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row G, Grave No 19), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ellen Cairns Brown and the late Charles Brown, Oturehua
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 22

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