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Military service
Service number:
101076
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
June 25, 1889
Little Groat, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 17, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Jane Brotherston of Wester, Broomhouse, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Brotherston
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Newspaper clipping
GRAND PRAIREY HERALD FEBRUARY 20 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
GRAND PRAIREY HERALD SEPTEMBER 18 1917 -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Brotherston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Brotherston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Brotherston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Brotherston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Brotherston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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