Private George Brown

George Brown was born in St. George in 1894, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown. He had four older sisters and four older brothers. George moved to Alexander Street in Paris with his parents when he was 14 years of age. He was a member of the YMCA and attended Paris Presbyterian Church. He played goal for the Intermediate O.H.A. hockey team. He went to Paris High School. He was a machinist and worked for Mr. Charles McCausland and the International Co. in Paris and later in Port Huron and Toronto.

At 23 years of age, George enlisted in Hamilton with the 173^rd Highlanders in 1916, going overseas in November. The following January, he was sent to France with the 52^nd Battalion. He served in the trenches for some time, then worked at his trade as a machinist. On March 19, 1918, he rejoined his battalion. He contracted pneumonia and died on July 10, 1918, just four months before the end of the war. George is buried in the St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension in Pas de Calais, France.