BROWN Donald Forrester

8/3504, Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, WW1

CITATION

Victoria Cross

Gazetted 14 June 1917, p5866

South-East of High Wood, France - 15 September 1916

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

THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

KNOWN AWARDS

Victoria Cross

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 23 February 1890, Dunedin, New Zealand

Killed in action 1 October 1916, near Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France

Buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France