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Military service
Service number:
800223
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
January 26, 1885
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. L. 9.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Ann Greig Brown, of Auchterless, Aberdeen, Scotland; husband of Maggie Rourke Brown, of 36, Charlotte St., Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Brown
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Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 19th Bn . Pte John Brown enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge of the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada): Pte John Brown enlisted in the 134th Bn, but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private John Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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