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Military service
Service number:
174815
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
August 30, 1895
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Allen Brown and the late Marion Brown.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Walter John Brown
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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 953 of 1128 -
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 the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Walter John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter John Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Walter John Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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