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Military service
Service number:
246425
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
February 27, 1898
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
September 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 14.
Digital gallery of Private William Wesley Brown
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Circumstances of Death
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 1051 of 1128 -
Memorabilia
Photo, BWM, VM, and Death Plaque to Pte William Wesley Brown, who originally served in the field with the PPCLI before being transferred to the 3rd Bn, CMGC. Medals are correctly impressed and read 246425 Pte W.W. Brown P.P.C.L.I. -
Photo of William Wesley Brown
Pte William Wesley Brown who attested with the 207th Can Inf Bn. He served in the field with the PPCLI and the CMGC. -
Memorial
Family head Stone. St Paul's United Cemetery Richmond ON.
Digital gallery of
Private William Wesley Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Wesley Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Wesley Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Wesley Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 376 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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