James Edwin (Jim) Brown
- Born 10 June 1895, Taieri, Otago, New Zealand*
- Died 16 October 1962, Dunedin
- Last rank Sergeant
- Service number 8/3195
- Served In Otago Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
- Next of Kin Mrs H. Brown (mother), Henley, South Otago
- Pre-war occupation Railway Employee
- ReligionPresbyterian
- Enlisted23 August 1915, Otago
- Embarkationaboard HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36, Willochra or Tofua, 13 November 1915, Wellington
- Theatres of operationEgyptian 1915-1916
- Periods of service112 days in New Zealand, three years and 174 days overseas in Egypt and France. Total service of three years and 286 days.
- Returned to New Zealandaboard Remuera, 5 May 1919
- Discharged4 June 1919, on termination of period of engagement
- Awarded1914-15 Star, Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal
* James attested that his date of birth was 10 June 1895 but his birth certificate records his date of birth as 13 July 1896, Henley.
