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Military service
Service number:
1406
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
September 18, 1881
Enlistment:
Port Arthur, Ontario
Death:
May 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas Edward and Elizabeth Jane Brown, of Port Granby, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
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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 667 of 1128 -
Inscription
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) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 7 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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