Andrew Joseph Francis Brown (3 October 1907 – 23 August 1986) was a New Zealand mechanic, entrepreneur, entertainment promoter, businessman and racehorse owner. He was born in

Naseby Naseby is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687. The village is 14 mi (22.5 km) north of Northampton, 13.3 mi (21.4 km) northeast of Daventry, and 7&nb ...

, in the

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on 3 October 1907. In the

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, Brown was awarded the

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

for services to the community as an entertainment promoter.

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1907 births 1986 deaths 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople People from Naseby, New Zealand New Zealand recipients of the British Empire Medal {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub