Peter Charles Brown

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Charles Edmund and Elizabeth Jane Knock Brown, of Khandallah, Wellington.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"When the Harvard aircraft they were flying crashed at Ohakea at 2.30 p.m., yesterday two sergeant-pilots were killed. They were: Sergeant Gerald Michael Friel. Mrs. M. J. Friel, 50 Belt Street, Waimate (m.). Sergeant Peter Charles Brown. Mr. C. E. Brown, 128 Cashmere Avenue, Khandallah, Wellington . Before the crash occurred, they were instrument flying above 2000 feet, west of Ohakea. Sergeant Friel was transferred from the Army to the R.N.Z.A.F. in August, 1943. He was educated at the Waimate High School and St. Bede's College, Christchurch. Sergeant Brown joined the R.N.Z.A.F. in June, 1943. He received his secondary education at the Wellington Boys' College."

[Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1945, Page 4]

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Casualty

Service Number:

438705

Name:

Peter Charles Brown

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

01 January 1970

Place of Birth:

Wellington, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Charles Edmund brown (father), 128 Cashmere Avenue, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

16 January 1945

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington (Karori) Crematorium

Cemetery Reference:

34. A1. Brick wall.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand