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Military service
Service number:
234368
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
April 25, 1887
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 27, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
H. 16.
Additional information
Son of John and Madeline Le Brun, of St. Alexes, Matapedie, Quebec. Husband of Marie A. H. Brown, of Transcona, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private George Alexander Brown
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Biography
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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 587 of 1128 -
Photo of George Alexander Brown
Private George Alexander Brown (left front), his father-in-law Octave Poirier (right front), his brother-in-law Private J. Emile Poirier (left rear), and his brother Private Frank Sirril Brown (right rear). Photo taken in 1916 when all three Privates were in the 203rd Battalion, prior to being shipped overseas to fight with the 27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg). -
Family Photo
Private George Alexander Brown with his wife Hedwidge and their children (from left to right) George, John, Irene and Mary. <BR> Photo taken in Transcona, Manitoba in 1916.
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Private George Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private George Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private George Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private George Alexander Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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