William BROWN

Regimental number53752
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, John Brown, 69 Ritchie Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 6 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialMailly Wood Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 28), Mailly-Maillet, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and the late Ann Forbes Brown
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 10