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John Brown Coubrough

In memory of:

Private John Brown Coubrough

August 8, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

925138

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Additional Information

Born:

April 11, 1894
Lambton County, Ontario

Son of Mathew and Elizabeth Brown Coubrough, of Ogema, Saskatchewan. Brother of Private Simon Peter Coubrough, who died on May 2, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 4.

Location:

Hangard is a village in the Department of the Somme, in the valley of the Luce, between Domart and Demuin. The road to Villers-Bretonneux goes due North from the village, up a steep hillside. After a mile it passes between the two portions of Hangard Wood, and HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY will be found at this point, on the side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Morning Leader c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Morning Leader c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Coubrough– John Brown Coubrough, photo taken about 1917, possibly in Paris, France. John was the 8th of 16 children of Mathew Coubrough and Elizabeth Brown, of Ogema, Saskatchewan. He was one of four brothers who served overseas. John and his next younger brother, Simon Peter, did not come home, but the other two did. John was 5' 7" tall, and had dark brown hair and grey eyes.

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    Photo of John Coubrough – John Brown Coubrough, photo taken about 1917, possibly in Paris, France. John was the 8th of 16 children of Mathew Coubrough and Elizabeth Brown, of Ogema, Saskatchewan. He was one of four brothers who served overseas. John and his next younger brother, Simon Peter, did not come home, but the other two did. John was 5' 7" tall, and had dark brown hair and grey eyes.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 391 of 900.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 391 of 900.
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