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Aug 18, 1895
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Born in Alice Township, Ontario to Charles and
Maggie (nee Barber) Brown
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Nov 13, 1915
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Attested into the 87th Battalion
Canadian Grenadier Guards CEF in Pembroke, Ontario
Ø Number 177738
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. C.R.
Brown, mother, Box 61, Pembroke, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
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Dec 1, 1915
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Admitted to the Saint Jean Military Hospital with
a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea
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Dec 23, 1915
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Jan 13, 1916
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Medical exam notes that he suffers from Chronic
Rheumatism
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Jan 31, 1916
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Discharged from the CEF in St. Jean Quebec
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Pembroke, Ontario
Discharged as Medically Unfit
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Aug 2, 1916
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Attested into the 240th Battalion CEF
in Renfrew, Ontario
Ø Number 1042059
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. C.R.
Brown, mother, Pembroke, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Planer
Ø Previous military experience
given as 6 months in the 87th Battalion, Grenadier Guards in St. Jean
Quebec
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
On attesting, he gave his birth year as 1896, not
his actual birth year of 1895
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Nov 28, 1916
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Appointed to the rank of Acting Corporal
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Apr 9, 1917
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Married to Flora Whitcher in Renfrew, Ontario
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May 3, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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May 14, 1917
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the
battalion proceeded to Seaford where he was absorbed into the 7th
Reserve Battalion to continue training
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Sep 12, 1917
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Sep 13, 1917
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Arrived at the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st
Battalion
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Sep 27, 1917
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After leaving the base depot, he joined the CCRC
(Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Villers au Bois, France
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Oct 18, 1917
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Brown joined the 21st Battalion in billets in Ourton, France
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Nov 3, 1917
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While in the front line south-west of Passchendaele, Belgium,
Private Brown received shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder, hand and
forearm. He was evacuated to the No. 6
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) for first aid before being transported to the
No. 44 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
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Nov 4, 1917
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Transferred via the No. 16 AT (Ambulance Train)
and admitted to the No. 57 General Hospital in Boulogne, France
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Nov 16, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St.
Andrew
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the 1st
Western General Hospital in Liverpool
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Dec 17, 1917
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Transferred to the Kinmel Park Military Hospital
in Rhyl
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Feb 8, 1918
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Transferred to the Canadian Special Hospital in
Lenham, Kent
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Mar 11, 1918
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Invalided to Canada and embarked the Hospital
Ship Araguaya in Liverpool
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Mar 26, 1918
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Kingston, Ontario. On arrival in
Kingston, he was Taken on Strength of Military District No. 3 Casualty
Company
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Mar 30, 1918
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Admitted to the Queen’s University Military
Hospital in Kingston with a diagnosis that reads Tuberculosis and wounded
left shoulder
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Apr 29, 1918
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Transferred to the Sandford Fleming Hospital in
Ottawa, Ontario
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Jul 19, 1918
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Pembroke, Ontario
Following the end of the war, the British War
Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 335 Royce Ave., Toronto, Ontario
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Jan 13, 1955
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Peter Brown died at home in Humber Summit, part
of Toronto, Ontario and was buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto
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