Auckland War Memorial Museum - Brown-James-World-War-II,-1939-1945

Full Name

James Brown

Forename(s)

James

Surname

Brown

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

25820

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Labourer

Next of Kin

Mrs Arapera Brown (wife), Tangoio, New Zealand

Marital Status

Married

Enlistment Address

Tangoio, New Zealand

Military District

Napier

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 3

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 58

POW Place of Capture

Crete

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941.) Wellington: E.V. Paul, Government Printer. 1941
List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.