Lance Sergeant

John Kirk Brown

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert William and Jane Cathcart Brown, of Raukapuka, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

Actually aged 22. He put his age up by a year to be able to accompany his Territorial mates in the 1st Echelon.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7450
Name:
John Kirk Brown
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr R.W. Brown (father), Schoolhouse, Woodbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
C/o Undrills Garage, Geraldine, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Motor mechanic
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
22 July 1942
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. H. 16.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
John Kirk Brown
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