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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 5, 1919
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
January 6, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
December 10, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. E. 10.
Additional information
Husband of Lucy Violet Brain of Bransfield, Godstone, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of Major Donald Brain
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Donald Brain
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers' -
Badge
MEMORIAL GEO-NAMING - Brain Lake: Map ref: 64 O/7, northwest of Sandhill Lake. Named in 1995 after Maj Donald Brain. Killed on 10 December 1943 and is commemorated at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery. SOURCE PPCLI online -
Obituary
Obituary - DONALD BRAIN -
Obituary
Obituary - DONALD BRAIN -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
Digital gallery of
Major Donald Brain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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