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Sydney Walter Brown

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Sydney Walter Brown

May 7, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

J/20638

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

258 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

September 16, 1921
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Walter and Jessica Annie Brown, of Scarborough, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 499 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar

Grave Reference:

3. D. 12.

Location:

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is outside Yangon (formerly Rangoon, Burma), near the airport and immediately adjoining the village of Taukkyan. It is on PY1 road (formerly Prome Road), about 35 kilometres north of the city from which it is easily accessible.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of SYDNEY WALTER BROWN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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