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Military service
Service number:
472959
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
August 30, 1888
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late William Davidson Brownie and Margaret Brownie.
Brother of Private John Brownie, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private George Brownie
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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 1089 of 1128
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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) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private George Brownie
Digital gallery of
Private George Brownie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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