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Alexander Brown
Informations sur naissance
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Date de naissance: 28/08/1893 |
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Lieu de naissance: Leith, Midlothian, Écosse, Royaume-Uni |
Informations générales
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Profession: Employé de bureau |
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Religion: Presbyterian |
Informations service militaire
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Pays: Canada |
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Force armée: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Numéro de service: 757012 |
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Incorporation nom de lieu: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Unités: — Canadian Infantry, 19th Bn. (Central Ontario) (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
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Date de décès: 05/11/1917 |
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Lieu de décès: Frost House, Frezenberg, Belgique |
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Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Âge: 24 |
Mémorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panneau: Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30. |
Points d'intérêt 3
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| #3 | Lieu du décès (approximatif) |
Mon histoire
"Killed in Action." This soldier was acting as a stretcher bearer with his Battalion evacuation party at Passchendaele, and while they were resting between Mitchell House and Frost House an enemy shell exploded, fragments of which hit Private Brown in the chest and head, killing him instantly.
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1121 - 18). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources utilisées |
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War diaries: 19th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4928, Microfilm reel number: T-10726 - T-10727, File number: 405). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources utilisées |
Complément d’informations 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/922450 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=00e9e3a7-1ff1-4e2b-acf4-adc5163f7dec |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5484748 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/922450 |
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A Street Near You https://astreetnearyou.org/person/922450/ |