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John Spiers Brown

In memory of:

Private John Spiers Brown

March 9, 1920

Military Service


Service Number:

622198

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 27, 1889
Glasgow, Scotland

Enlistment:

March 18, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Spires Brown, Winnipeg, Manitoba; husband of Gerda W. Brown. He was a city fireman. He was discharged on 18 June 1918 being medically unfit for service.

Commemorated on Page 605 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Mil. 317.

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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