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Military service
Service number:
J/8793
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
139 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Birth:
June 20, 1917
Leamington, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 26, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
April 11, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
18. 6. 6.
Additional information
Son of Henry Freeland Brown and Mary Luella Brown. Husband of Lola Amelia Brown, of Windsor, Ontario.
Brother of Sergeant Lloyd Nelson Brown who died on April 7, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Additional citations
Flying Officer John Henry Brown received the following citations: Air Crew Europe Star, The Defence Medal and his widow received the Memorial (Silver) Cross GVIR.
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Cemetery
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Henry Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Henry Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer John Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Henry Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 140 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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