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Military service
Service number:
54333
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
4th Coy.
Birth:
December 18, 1895
Enlistment:
Strathroy, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. E. C. Brown, of Mount Brydges, Ontario, and the late Robert Brown.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Brown
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Newspaper Clipping
Screen capture of May 3, 1917 article in The Age. -
Newspaper Clipping
Screen capture of May 17, 1917 article in The Age. -
Photo of John Brown
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Cenotaph
Corporal John Brown is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Corporal John Brown is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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