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Ivan Brazil

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772904
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ancient Order of Foresters
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
42 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
42 Aberdeen Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Grocery Clerk
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
20

Letters and documents

BX August 13, 1918

Officially Reported

In the casualty list issued from Ottawa today, Ivan Brazil, Eagle’s Nest, Brantford, is reported among the wounded, and Frank Chester Reed of Grand View is reported as having been gassed.

BX October 20, 1960

Ivan Brazil 

Ivan Brazil, of 218 Brant Avenue, died Wednesday at the Brantford General Hospital in his 66th year.  He was born in Brantford the son of the late William Brazil and Annie Porter Brazil and was a lifelong resident of this city.  He was a well-known businessman in Brantford for 35 years as proprietor of Brazil’s Grocery and Meat Store.  During the First World War, he served overseas with the 125th Battalion and was a member of the Telephone City Branch 90 of the Canadian Legion.  Mr. Brazil was an adherent of the Anglican Church.  Surviving are Mrs. Brazil, the former Mary Cooper and one son, William F. of Brantford, two daughters, Mrs. John (Margaret) Dutton of Brantford and Mrs. Cameron (Ruth) Wallace of Winnipeg; 12 grandchildren.  Mr. Brazil is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home for service Saturday at 2 p.m.  Interment will be in Farringdon Burial Ground.  Rev. T.D. Painting, of Holy Trinity Anglican Church will officiate.

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