Topic: AIF - NZMRB - WMR
WMR, NZEF
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Hugh Charters Brown
Hugh Charters Brown
A brief biography of Hugh Charters Brown extracted from the Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
| Full Name: | Trooper Hugh Charters Brown |
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| Rank Last Held: | Trooper |
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| Forename(s): | Hugh Charters |
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| Surname: | Brown |
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| War: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: | 7/1025 |
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| First Known Rank: | Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: | W.E. Brown (father), care of G. Griffiths, High Street, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: | Single |
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| Enlistment Address: | Hihirowa, Gisborne, New Zealand |
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| Military District: | Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: | 4th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: | Canterbury Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: | 17 April 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: | |
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| Vessel: | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo |
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| Destination: | Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: | 84 |
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| Last Unit Served: | Wellington Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: | Palestine |
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| Date of Death: | 2 November 1917 |
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| Year of Death: | 1917 |
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| Cause of Death: | Died of wounds |
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| Description of Image: | Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 |
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| Further References: | Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: | Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
Further Reading:
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour, Hugh Charters Brown
Posted by Project Leader
at 12:01 AM EADT
Updated: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 4:53 PM EADT
