Portrait Photo of George Brown

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A black and white photograph of George Brown.

This photograph was on the back of the twenty-second leaf of Alex Brown's album. This leaf had 4 pockets for photos on each side. In the top left pocket was a photo of George Brown. The top right photo was of L. Costello, T. Donohue, H. Huntley and J. Town. At bottom left is Bill Cardwell and Walt Hooper and bottom right are three unidentified soldiers at an Ontario Regiment Truck.

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Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.

George Lawrence Brown was born at Seagrave, Ontario on July 8, 1896. He served for four years as a corporal in the 116th Battalion during the First World War and he served as Squadron Quartermaster Seargeant at Camp Borden during the Second World War. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1944 and spent 30 years in the Ontario Regiment Reserve. He was employed by Whitby Public Utility Commission from 1922 to 1962 and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Whitby. He died at Whitby on August 3, 1963 and is buried at St. John Roman Catholic Cemetery, Whitby. George Brown is the father of Alex Brown (the owner of this photographic album).

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