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Military service
Service number:
430895
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
3rd Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
April 4, 1895
Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
March 31, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
June 5, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of Benjamin William Brown and Eliza Ellen (nee Walsh) Brown of 941 Green Street, Victoria, British Colombia. Brother of W. H. Brown of 941 Green Street, Victoria, British Colombia.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private John James Brown
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y162uvic#mode/1up. -
Photo of JOHN JAMES BROWN
From the Daily Colonist of June 18, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y163uvic#mode/1up.
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Private John James Brown
Digital gallery of
Private John James Brown
Digital gallery of
Private John James Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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