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Duncan Brown

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Pte Duncan Brown

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 07.05.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Lindsay, Ontario.
  • Service no: 410695
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 38th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 28
  • Date of Death: 18.11.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 28.04.1888
  • Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Labourer
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    David Campbell, Allan Brown, 36 Scott St, Perth, Mrs Allison Watson, 7 Clifton St, Toronto and Miss Lizzie Brown, 11 Speygate, Perth

  • Spouse:
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More about Duncan Brown

Duncan has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. Duncan was the brother of L/Sgt David Cambell Brown 410694, of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Both Duncan and David were raised in Dundee Orphan Institute (Carolina House) it is not known if their other siblings were also raised there, but both men have entries in the Orphanage Roll of Honour available on the Friends of Dundee City Archives website.

For more information on Duncan visit, Duncan’s Memorial also Duncan’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are also references to Duncan in the local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library

Courier 06/12/1916 page 4 and Peoples Journal 24/06/1916 page 7, 16/12/1916 page 10, and 20/01/1917 page 7.

For reasons unknown Duncan Brown is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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