BROWN, CHARLES HENRY JEFFRIES (1871-1917), who was born in Christchurch, went to the West Coast in the eighties, where he became well-known as an athlete and footballer. He worked as a trucker in the Brunner coal mines, spent some months on the New South Wales coalfields and returned to the Denniston mines, in which he became underground manager. Brown joined the Denniston volunteer corps in 1900, and was later transferred from this command to the New Zealand Staff Corps. When war broke out in 1914, he left with the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with the rank of captain. He served with distinction in Gallipoli, Egypt and France, first in the Canterbury Regiment, then in the Auckland Regiment, and finally, as brigadier-general in command of the 1st brigade New Zealand Infantry (Feb 1917). Brown was awarded the D.S.O. and mentioned in dispatches and was killed in action on 8 Jun 1917.

Studholme; Evening Post, 11 Jan 1917; London Gaz, 17 Jun 1917.

Reference: Volume 1, page 66

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