Frederick Samuel Brown
Trooper · NZ #1127
| Rank | Trooper |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #1127 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C134787 |
What this roll records
One of the eight New Zealanders who trekked eight days to Augila after T2 patrol’s trucks were destroyed at Nofilia (December 1941). Source: ‘Raids Behind the Enemy Lines’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Full name Frederick Samuel Brown. Listed on the L.R.D.G. Membership Roll, February 1970 (Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27) and the Nominal Roll, 2nd NZEF No. 1. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Original member of the Long Range Patrol (LRP), 1940 — listed with the “LRP” comment in the nominal roll, The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll).
Musterer in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Trooper, 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment. This agrees with the rank held on this card. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C134787.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.26. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.
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