Andrew James Brown

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
931681
Unit at enlistment: 
No. 2 Construction Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
December 26th, 1919
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
286 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
286 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
British Methodist Episcopal
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19

Letters and documents

Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis 
Location: Hamilton, Ontario

BX December 27, 1919

Private Andrew James Brown Passed Away Last Night

After serving his country in France and spending months in the Hamilton Sanatorium since his return, there passed away last night Andrew James Brown, son of Mrs. Andrew Brown son of Mrs. Andrew Brown, 198 Grey Street. The lad returned from France in February, 1919, and had only reached 18 years of age. The remains have been brought from Hamilton and interment will be made on Monday. The lad was a member of the B.M.E. Church.

BX December 30, 1919

The remains of the late Private James Andrew Brown were laid to rest in Mount Hope cemetery yesterday afternoon. The services at the house and grave were conducted by Rev. F. A. Lucas, of Guelph, assisted by Rev. Roy Frid of Marlboro Street Methodist Church. The pallbearers were Messrs. A. Duncan, P. Delfish, W. Saunders, and E. Johnston.
    
The deceased was born in Brantford and at the age of 16 enlisted with No. 2 Construction Battalion at Windsor, December 28, 1916. He left Canada for the front in March, 1917, and after two years service in France returned home in February, 1919. The last nine months he spent at the Mountain Sanatorium, Hamilton, where he died on Friday December 26. He leaves to mourn his loss a mother and father, two brothers, Gordon and Frank, and one sister, Mrs. Thomas Money.