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Military service
Service number:
A/4212
Age:
24
Rank:
Stoker
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Chambly
Death:
September 10, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 6.
Additional information
Son of William Albert and Mirmie Brown, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Florence Brown, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Stoker William Irvin Brown
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Newspaper Clipping
This excerpt from "The First All-Canadian U-Boat Kill" mentions the death of Stoker William I. Brown. The article - which describes the sinking of enemy submarine U-501 by HMC Ships CHAMBLY and MOOSE JAW on 10 September 1941 - appeared at pages 18-19 of the February 1950 issue of the Crowsnest, the magazine of the Royal Canadian Navy. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario.) -
Photo of William Irvin Brown
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Biography
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Stoker William Irvin Brown
Digital gallery of
Stoker William Irvin Brown
Digital gallery of
Stoker William Irvin Brown
Digital gallery of
Stoker William Irvin Brown
Digital gallery of
Stoker William Irvin Brown
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Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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