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Personal data

• Name BROWN
• Initials RA
• First name RICHARD AUSTIN
• Place of birth Toronto
• Country Ontario, Canada
• Family Son of T. Albert and Jennie Brown, of 181, Crescent Rd., Toronto.
• Education St Andrew's College ( member of the cadet corps from 1908-1914); University College Toronto (1914-1915)
• Profession Student
• Extra info Known as Bud

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 6 July 1915, Niagara Falls
• Rank Captain
• Medals M C
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Central Ontario Regiment (48th Highlanders)
• Other data related to military career Appointed to the 58th Battalion, summer 1915; joined the 15th Bn., November 1915; served in the Ploegsteert-St.Eloi-Ypres area; wounded at Zillebeke June 1916; returned home on leave; rejoined his bn. in October 1916; awarded the Military Cross at the battle of Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917 for his courage and ability in leading his company during the advance and for his work in silencing an enemy machine gun (London Gazette, 26 July 1917); Lens; Hill 70.

Death

• Wounded 9 November, during shelling of a pill-box
• Type of wounds Shell wound in the head; died of gunshot wounds and concussion in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 14 November 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - DD - 7

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