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Brown, Ross Alexander

Date of birth:
September 22nd, 1921 (Success/Saskatchewan, Canada)
Date of death:
February 26th, 1945 (Germany)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: VIII. Row: D. Grave: 6.
Service number:
L/91715
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Rifleman
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

On February 25, 1945 the Queen's Own Rifles started preparing for Operation Blockbuster and during heavy fighting in the early morning of February 26, 1945 Ross Alexander was hit by deadly machine gun fire (killed in action).

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