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Sergeant
Brown was born at Dunedin, New Zealand, on 23 February 1890, was 26 years
old when the action for which he was awarded The Victoria Cross took place.
The citation from the London Gazette dated 14 June 1917 reads:
"At great personal risk, Sergeant Brown advanced with a comrade and succeeded in reaching a point within 30 yards of the enemy guns. Four of the crew were killed and others captured.
The advance of the company continued until it was again held up by machine-gun fire.
Again Sergeant Brown and his comrade, with great gallantry, rushed the gun and killed the crew. After his second position had been won the company came under very heavy shell-fire, and the utter contempt for danger and coolness of this non-commissioned officer did much to keep up the spirits of his men.
On a subsequent occasion in the attack, Sergeant Brown showed most conspicuous gallantry. He attacked, single-handed, a machine-gun which was holding up the attack, killed the gun crew and captured the gun. Later, while sniping the retreating enemy, this very gallant soldier was killed."
He was killed in action near Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France, on 1 October 1916, and is buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.
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