Gnr
George Steel Brown
Information about birth
Date of birth: 29/01/1882 |
Place of birth: Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Gunner |
Service number: 339532 |
Enlistment date: 20/01/1917 |
Enlistment place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Units: — Canadian Field Artillery, 68th Bty. 1st Bde. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 09/11/1917 |
Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
Age: 35 |
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot: 22 Row: CC Grave: 23 |
Points of interest 2
#1 | Place of birth | ||
#2 | Enlistment place |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1145-4). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries - 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4964, Microfilm reel number: T-10784, File number: 527, File part: 1=1914/10/17-1916/07/31;2=1916/08/01-1917/12/31). http://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/432108 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=4dfd18fb-5552-42fd-94cd-f5604c57bb03 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5486024 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/432108 |