Friday 27 July 2007

Sergeant William P. Brown

Born on 20 November 1889 in Montreal, Quebec - next of kin listed as Dr. G.A. Brown, Montreal, Quebec - enlistment records provide the following: trade as clerk, single, no current or previouis military service, Unitarian, height of 5 feet 5.7 inches, chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Montreal, Quebec, on 8 March 1915 (number 410950) - taken on the strength of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in France on 16 July 1915 - wounded on 2 or 3 June 1916.

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