Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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George Steele Brown
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 20.01.1917
- Place of enlistment: Vancouver, British Clumbia.
- Service no: 339532
- Rank: Gunner
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Field Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 1st Brigade
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 35
- Date of Death: 09.11.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Lijjsenthoek Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: XXII.CC.23.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 29.01.1882
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 3033 - 7th Ave West, Vancouver
- Occupation: Clerk
- Mother:
Euphemia Steele Brown. 57 Dalhousie Street, Monifieth
- Father:
William Brown
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Margaret Young Brown, Morgan Tower, Nethergate, Dundee
- Children:
More about George Steele Brown
George’s wife Margaret’s address at his time of attestation is given as 3033-7th Ave West, Vancouver. His parents are also recorded as living at Grace Tce, Moore Park, Toronto. George attended Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry as a child, and is remembered on the schools war memorial.
For more information on George visit George’s Memorial and George’s Regimental Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There are additional references to George within the local Dundee Newspapers held at Dundee Central Library
Peoples Journal 24/11/1917 page 4, Advertiser 22/11/1917 page 3.
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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