Awards & Winners

Donald Forrester Brown

Date of Birth 23-February-1890
Place of Birth Dunedin
(New Zealand, Otago Region, Realm of New Zealand)
Nationality New Zealand
Profession Soldier
Donald Forrester Brown VC was a New Zealand soldier of World War I who was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Brown's Victoria Cross was the second won by a New Zealander during the war, and was the first awarded for actions on the Western Front.

Awards by Donald Forrester Brown

Check all the awards nominated and won by Donald Forrester Brown.

1916


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 15 September 1916 as a Sergeant of the Otago Infantry Regiment during the First World War.)