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Robert Alfred Brown Collection
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- Graphic material
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Digitized 2009 (originally created 1917) (Creation)
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Physical description
18 photographs
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Name of creator
(d. 1917)
Biographical history
Private Robert Alfred Brown, 189450, of St. Thomas and Woodstock, ON enlisted with the 91st Battalion on Nov. 22, 1915. He gave his age as 18 years but his family has infomation that he was younger. Private Brown was killed on October 26, 1917.
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Collection consists of images of a diary kept by Private Robert Alfred Brown of the 91st Battalion during World War One and of the memorial plaque his family received upon his death.
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Location of originals
Images of Private Brown’s diary and memorial plaque are presented on the Elgin County Archives website through the generosity of his family.
The originals remain in their possession.
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Open