Apr 13, 1891
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Born to Godfrey
Magnus and Hanna Catherine (nee Cosens) Brown in Stonewall, Manitoba
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Oct 18, 1917
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Medical
examination performed under the MSA (Military Service Act) of 1917, at Ottawa,
Ontario
He was
declared fit for service but requiring physical training
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Nov 23, 1917
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Married to Leda
Mae Warner Alguire at Ottawa, Ontario
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Jan 22, 1918
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Conscripted for
active service into the 2nd Depot Battalion Eastern Ontario Regiment under the
MSA at Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Number 3320395
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs G. Brown, (wife) of 282 Spark St, Ottawa,
Ontario
o This was later changed to read 156 Nepean St, Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Auto Mechanic
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
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Feb 12, 1918
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Embarked the HMS
Lapland at Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Feb 25, 1918
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Disembarked at
Glasgow, Scotland and proceeded to Seaford, England.
On arrival in Seaford the entire draft was TOS (Taken On Strength) the 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Jun 10, 1918
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Jun 11, 1918
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Arrived at the
CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) at Etaples, France and TOS the 21st
Battalion
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Jun 17, 1918
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Arrived at the
CC Rein C (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) at Aubin St Vaast
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Jun 22, 1918
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Left the CC Rein
C to join the Battalion
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Jun 23, 1918
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in Divisional Reserve at Betencourt as part of a draft of 20 Other Ranks from
the Reinforcement Camp
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Oct 12, 1918
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Private Brown
received a shrapnel wound to his right leg and was admitted to the No 9 CFA (Canadian
Field Ambulance) for treatment. The same
day he was transferred to the No 33 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
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Below is from the 21st
Battalion's War Diary
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Oct 13, 1918
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He was then
transferred via the No 6 AT (Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No 2 Australian General
Hospital at Boulogne
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Oct 17, 1918
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He was then
invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Pieter de Coninck
He was posted
to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) while in hospital
Admitted to
the General Military Hospital at Colchester
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Nov 7, 1918
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Transferred to the
Coombe Lodge VAD (Volunteer Aid Detachment) Hospital at Great Warley, Essex, and declared
to be dangerously ill.
Private Brown died of
his wounds later that day from shock and loss of blood
Great
Warley Christ Church Cemetery
Essex, England
Following the war the
British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial
Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs L.M. Brown, c/o W.J. Alguire, Farran’s Point,
Ontario. Note that this town no longer exists
as it was flooded to create the St Lawrence Seaway.
His widow later
remarried and her name was changed to read Mrs Leda M. Slata, living at Alburgh, Vermont,
USA
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