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Military service
Service number:
228550
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
August 28, 1894
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 4, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 14.
Additional information
Son of Merritt Alpheus Brown (Barrister) and Amelia Christina McCredie (his wife), of 83, Badgerow Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 947 of 1128 -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Osgoode Hall War Memorial
Pte. Walter Everard Alway Brown's name is included on the Osgoode Hall War Memorial in Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping
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WWI War Memorial Windows
WWI War Memorial Windows at the Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Ontario -
Commemorative Plaque
WWI Memorial Plaque located in the Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario. The current building was dedicated in 1872 as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Walter Brown
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks. -
Photo of Walter Everard Alway Brown
This was taken on the troop ship to Europe. -
Grave Marker
This is a photograph of W.E.A. Brown's grave at Dury Mill British Cemetery. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room, several of which pertain to those who studied at University College. Bell XXIII is dedicated: "University College Alumni Association". The UC alumnae association(female grads) also donated a bell. Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
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Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Everard Alway Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 376 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Dury is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). Approximately 16 kilometres from Arras travelling towards Cambrai on the D939 is the Canadian Forces Memorial at Dury. 300 metres after the Memorial the Cemetery is signposted to the left towards Dury village. 200 metres from the D939 the cemetery is signposted to the left. It is located in open fields, and is approached along an unsurfaced track about 500 metres long.
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