Edward Christmas Browne

Edward “Ted” Christmas Browne was born to Simon and Gertrude Browne on 25 December 1888 at Port Albert. The family was part of the Albertland settlement and Ted attended Port Albert Public School.

Ted was a grocer in Okaha, Dargaville when he enlisted for WW1 in 1914. He was at the Battle of the Landing at Gallipoli and was wounded at Gallipoli and later in France. He was invalided home in January 1917.

Ted was the sole surviving son of his family, his four brothers all having been killed during WW1. The boys are all commemorated on a splendid memorial in the military cemetery at Waikumete cemetery. There was one sister, Eva.

Links:

• Ted Browne and the Browne family
• 100 Kiwi Stories: Mother loses four sons in two years

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• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via father Simon Welton Browne by SmartCopy: May 23 2015, 23:40:46 UTC