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Military service
Service number:
C/6243
Age:
35
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
November 27, 1909
Lyndhurst, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 15, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
November 27, 1944
Overseas
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 27.
Additional information
Son of Albert and Hazel Brown of Lyndhurst, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
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Photo of James Brown
Rev. James Gordon Brown was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Brown of R. R. 2, Lyndhurst. He attended local schools, graduating from Athens high school. He received his Master of Arts degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He was minister of Robertson United Church, Edmonton, Alberta, when war broke out and he enlisted June 1, 1942 in the Chaplain service of the R.C.A.F.<P> On November 27, he was celebrating his birthday with a group of friends in Antwerp when a V-2 bomb landed near them. He was killed, but the others were untouched. He is buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp. -
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Buzz bomb on display
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Dutch children exploring a bomb.
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JAMES GORDON BROWN
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Photo of JAMES GORDON BROWN
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From the Regina Leader Post December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Edmonton Bulletin November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Edmonton Bulletin December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader James Gordon Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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