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Military service
Service number:
193437
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
March 26, 1886
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Ann Sutherland Brown. Husband of Nellie Christie Brown, of 9, Fetteresso Terrace, Stonehaven, Scotland.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Sutherland Brown
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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 1047 of 1128
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Obituary
William Sutherland Brown was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeeshire, Scotland. He was an Electrician by trade. -
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Badge
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Brown enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Pte Brown enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. -
Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn CEF. Pte Brown originally a member of the 92nd Bn was transferred to the 42nd Bn. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of William Sutherland Brown
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Sutherland Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 60 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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