Donald Forrester Brown

Botshelo jwa gagwe 
Donald Forrester Brown o belegwe ka 23 Tlhakole 1890 kwa Dunedin, New Zealand."Donald Forrester Brown". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph. E ne e le mongwe wa bana ba le 10 ba ga Robert Brown, yo e neng e le modiri wa diaparo yo o neng a nna kwa Oamaru, le mosadi wa gagwe e bong Jessie yo o neng a belegwe e le McFarlane. Batsadi ba gagwe e ne e le bafaladi go tswa kwa Scotland ba ba neng ba nyetse kwa New Zealand."Donald Forrester Brown VC". The Comprehensive Guide to The Victoria and George Cross. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. E re ka e ne e le mosimane yo monnye mo lelapeng la gaabo, Brown o ne a tsena sekolo kwa South School mme moragonyana a tsena kwa Waitaki Boys' High School kwa Oamaru. Morago ga go fetsa sekolo o ne a simolola go dira temothuo, mme ka 1913 o ne a rekile polase kwa Totara, kwa borwa jwa Oamaru. "An Oamaru V.C". Oamaru Mail. No. 13173. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

 Ntwa ya ntlha ya lefatshe 
Fa Ntwa ya Ntlha ya Lefatshe e ne e simologa, Brown o ne a tswelela go dira mo polaseng ya gagwe ngwaga o le mongwe mme a e rekisa mme a ithaopa go nna leloko la New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) ka 19 Diphalane 1915.Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135. O ne a amogela katiso ya gagwe kwa Trentham Military Camp mme a ya kwa Botlhaba-Gare ka Ferikgong wa 1916 a na le Ba-Ninth Reinforcements. Ka nako eno o ne a setse a tlhatloseditswe maemo go nna mokolonele. "An Oamaru V.C". Oamaru Mail. No. 13173. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018. New Zealand Division e e neng e sa tswa go tlhomiwa e ne e katisiwa kwa Egepeto mme fa Brown a goroga, o ne a romelwa kwa 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment. Mo dikgweding di le mmalwa fela o ne a le kwa Bophirima jwa Fora le karolo e e setseng ya mophato.Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.

Fa ba goroga kwa France, ba ne ba romelwa kwa karolong ya Armentières ya Western Front. Lefelo leno le ne le tsewa jaaka lefelo la "go godisa" masole a a se nang maitemogelo kwa Bophirima. Batlhabani ba ga Brown ba ne ba bewa kwa botlhaba jwa Armentières. Le mororo e ne e le karolo e e didimetseng ya kwa pele, e ne e santse e le mo kotsing ya go thuntshiwa ke dibetsa tsa dibetsa le batlhasedi ba ba thuntshang ka tlhamalalo. Byrne 1921, p. 93Battalion e ne e nna e tsena le go tswa mo moleng wa kwa pele, jaaka e ne e nna le maitemogelo mo ntweng ya mo dikhuting.Byrne 1921, pp. 93–94.Ka Phatwe 1916, lephata le ne la simolola go fudugela kwa karolong ya Somme. Byrne 1921, p. 108

Mo kgweding e e latelang, Brown, yo jaanong e neng e le sergeant, o ne a le mo Ntweng ya Flers - Courcelette, karolo ya Somme Offensive.Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135 Mo letsatsing la ntlha la ntwa, 15 Lwetse, 2nd Otago Battalion, mmogo le 2nd Auckland Battalion, ba ne ba tshwanela go gapa metseletsele ya mekgobo e e neng e tshwerwe ke Majeremane go tswa mo ba neng ba le teng kwa borwabotlhaba jwa High Wood. Go tlhasela go simolotse ka 6:20 mo mosong.McGibbon 2016, pp. 76–78.Le fa mokgobo wa ntlha o ne wa tsewa motlhofo ka thuso ya tshegetso e e nonofileng ya dibetsa, khampani ya gagwe e ne ya tlhaselwa thata ke ditlhobolo tsa metšhine fa e ntse e ya kwa mokgokoloseng o o latelang, o o neng wa baka dintsho tse dintsi mo khampaning. Brown, a na le lesole le lengwe, Corporal Jesse Rodgers, ba ne ba tlhasela lefelo la ditlhobolo tsa metšhini, ba bolaya setlhopha le go gapa tlhobolo. Masole a a neng a setse a ne a kgobokana gape mme a ipaakanyetsa go tlhasela mo mogobeng o o latelang. Ka nako ya fa ba ne ba sirelediwa ka go thuntshiwa ke dibetsa, ba ne ba tlhaselwa gape ka ditlhobolo tsa metšhini. Brown o ne a le mo gare ga bao ba neng ba tlhasela lefelo leno la bobedi la ditlhobolo tsa metšhini, a lebagana le matshosetsi ka bonako.Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.

Fa go sena go tlosiwa ditlhaselo tse di neng di ba sireleditse, Ba-New Zealand ba ne ba gatela pele mme ba gapa mokgele wa bone o o latelang, lefelo le le neng le itsege jaaka Switch Trench, ka 7:00 a.m. Ditanka dingwe di ne di tshwanetse go thusa masole a a tsamayang ka dinao mme di ne tsa se ka tsa bonwa.McGibbon 2016, pp. 76–78. Brown o ne a le botlhokwa mo go tokafatseng ka bonako tshireletso e e leng teng go ipaakanyetsa tlhaselo e e ka nnang teng,Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.ka go epa mesima e mesha ya go iphitlha fa Switch Trench e ka tlhaselwa ke ditlhobolo tsa Jeremane.McGibbon 2016, pp. 77–78. Mo letsatsing le le latelang, batlhabani ba gagwe ba ne ba gololwa mme ba tswa mo moleng wa kwa pele. Setlhopha sa ga Brown se ne sa latlhegelwa ke banna ba le 123 go tswa go ba le 180 ba ba neng ba le teng ka letsatsi la ntlha la ntwa. Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.

Morago ga nako ya go ikhutsa, mophato wa ga Brown o ne wa boela kwa moleng wa kwa pele mo maitseboeng a September 28. E ne e tshwanetse go nna nngwe ya batlhabani ba batlhasedi ba ba neng ba le mo tlhaselong ya go phepafatsa tsamaiso ya dikepe tsa Majeremane gaufi le Eaucourt L'Abbaye Byrne 1921, pp. 133–134. jaaka karolo ya Ntwa ya Le Transloy e e simolotseng ka 1 Diphalane. Mo letsatsing la ntlha la ntwa, Brown o ne a nna le seabe gape mo go thopeng lefelo la ditlhobolo tsa metšhini tsa Bajeremane kwa lefelong le le nonofileng le le neng le thibela masole a a neng a tlhasela. Brown o ne a ya kwa pele a le nosi, a tshotse tlhobolo fela, mme a tlhasela kago eo ya phemelo. O ne a kgona go bolaya batho ba ba neng ba le mo sekepeng le go gapa tlhobolo e e neng ya dira gore masole a gagwe a kgone go tlhasela le go gapa lefelo le le nonofileng. Fa a ne a thuntsha masole a Majeremane fa a ne a tshaba, Brown o ne a thuntshiwa mo tlhogong ke mosenagetsi mme a bolawa ka ponyo ya leitlho. Gray 2010, p. 239.Stewart 1921, p. 114.

 Sefapano sa cross 
Molaodi wa khampani ya ga Brown o ne a mo akantsha gore a newe Distinguished Conduct Medal ka ntlha ya ditiro tsa gagwe ka 15 Lwetse. Mo lekwalong le a neng a le kwaletse rraagwe Brown, molaodi wa gagwe wa batalion o ne a solofela gore kgothatso e tla tokafadiwa go nna Victoria Cross (VC).Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.VC, e e tlhomilweng ka 1856, e ne e le sekgele se se kwa godimo go gaisa sa bopelokgale se se neng se ka fiwa lesole la Mmusomogolo wa Boritane.McGibbon 2000, pp. 558–559.Boeteledipele jo bo kwa godimo jwa NZEF bo ne bo diega go lemoga bopelokgale jwa ga Brown mme e ne e se go fitlha batlhankedi ba batalione ya gagwe ba dira boikuelo jwa go tlhophiwa ga VC gore go nne le kgatelopele epe e e dirilweng. Go abelwa ga VC go Brown go ne ga tlhagelela mo The London Gazette ka 15 Seetebosigo 1917. Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135 Mafoko a a nopotsweng a ne a re:

Ka ntlha ya bopelokgale le boikemisetso jwa gagwe jo bo tlhomologileng fa a ne a tlhasela fa setlhopha se a neng a le mo go sone se ne se latlhegetswe thata ke badiredi ba sesole le banna ba sone ka ntlha ya go thuntshiwa ke ditlhobolo tsa motšhine. 

Ka go tsenya botshelo jwa gagwe mo kotsing, molaodi yono wa masole o ne a gatela pele le tsala ya gagwe mme a kgona go fitlha mo lefelong le le neng le le bokgakala jwa dimetara di le masome a mararo go tswa mo ditlhobolong tsa mmaba.

Banna ba le banè ba ba neng ba tshwere ditlhobolo ba ne ba bolawa mme tlhobolo ya thopiwa. Setlhopha seno se ne sa tswelela pele se gatela pele go fitlha se kgorelediwa gape ke go thuntshiwa ka ditlhobolo. Gape Sjt. Brown le tsala ya gagwe ba ne ba dirisa tlhobolo ka bopelokgale mme ba bolaya batho ba ba neng ba le mo sekepeng. Morago ga go fenya maemo a bobedi ano, setlhopha seno se ne sa tlhaselwa thata, mme go nyatsa kotsi ka tsela e e feteletseng le go nna a ritibetse fa a tlhaselwa ga molaodi yono wa sesole yo o neng a sa tlhomama go ne ga thusa thata go nonotsha banna ba gagwe.

Mo tiragalong e nngwe e e neng ya latela mo tlhaselong, Sjt Brown o ne a supa bopelokgale jo bo tlhomologileng. O ne a tlhasela a le nosi sethunya sa motšhini se se neng se thibela tlhaselo, a bolaya setlhopha sa batlhabani, mme a gapa sethunya. Moragonyana, lesole leno le le pelokgale le ne la bolawa fa le ne le thuntsha mmaba yo o neng a ikgogela morago.

London Gazett  No,30130, 12 Seetebosigo 1917"No. 30130". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1917. p. 5866.

VC ya ga Brown e ne e le ya bobedi go abelwa lesole la NZEF mme ya ntlha e le ka ntlha ya tiro ya kwa Bophirima. Note 2] Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool le New Zealand's Governor General, ba ne ba neela VC go rraagwe Brown mo moletlong kwa Oamaru ka 30 Phatwe 1917."The Governor at Oamaru". Waimate Daily Advertiser. No. XVII, issue 676. Press Association. 30 August 1917. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Sefoka se sa ntse se le mo diatleng tsa ba lelapa la gagwe mme se adimilwe gore se bontshiwe kwa Waitaki Boys' High School, QEII Army Memorial Museum kwa WaiouruBruce, David (1 December 2011). "'Missing' Victoria Cross held by family". Otago Daily News. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. le kwa North Otago Museum."The Governor at Oamaru". Waimate Daily Advertiser. No. XVII, issue 676. Press Association. 30 August 1917. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Brown o fitlhilwe kwa Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.McGibbon 2001, p. 62

Letlapa la segopodiso go mo tlotlomatsa le ne la ribololwa kwa Oamaru Municipal Chambers ka 27 Diphalane 1917.McGibbon 2001, p. 62. Ka 1919, jaaka karolo ya maiteko a go lemoga banna go tswa kwa North Otago ba ba neng ba bolailwe mo ntweng, setlhare sa oak se ne sa jalwa go mo gopola kwa Oamaru."North Otago Memorial Oaks". NZ History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019. Gape go na le letlapa le le mo tlotlomatsang kwa Queen's Garden kwa Dunedin."Donald Forrester Brown". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.

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