Percy Wilford BROWNE

Regimental number42274
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs A N Browne, Manukau Road, Avondale, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitA Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Edward and Eliza Browne; Wife: Agnes Neil Browne, Argyle Street, Avondale, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 4

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