In memory of

Private

Thearon Brown

who died on 3 Mar 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Algonquin Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number L153007
  Date of death 19450303
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L153007 Private (Algonquin Regiment) Thearon Brown (b.1922) of Antelope was KIA 19450303 during operations to clear the west bank of the Rhine and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of Benjamin Harrison and Myrtle Brown who came from Wessington, Hand Co., South Dakota, to homestead NW30-13-17-W3 east of Gull Lake in 1909. Thearon was farming with his family when he became an NRMA private with the Pictou Highlanders late in 1942 and enlisted in the regular force at Fredericton, New Brunswick, early in 1944.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 138 - Webb
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Antelope
  Geo-memorial Brown Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 53.75°N / 102.5333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63E15
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cumberland House.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220408
  Place of birth Antelope    
  Date of enlistment 19421113
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Antelope    
  Occupation farmer
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