Runner at Passchendaele
Mr. Brown describes the fact that runners were obligated to carry messages in battle regardless conditions or personal risk.
Milton Brown
First name
Milton
Last name
Brown
Gender
M
City
Saskatoon
Province
Saskatchewan
Biography
Milton Brown was born on April 26, 1897 in Trebek, Saskatchewan. His father, a farmer, moved the family to Markdale, Ontario where he then attended school. At the onset of war, Mr. Brown was working for the local Royal Bank, but he returned to Winnipeg to enlist in the 52nd Battalion. Once in action in France, he was wounded at Passchendaele. Mr. Brown didn't return to action, spending the duration of the war convalescing in England.
People old ID
716
People Language
B