Private Stanley Gordon Brown was a 27 year old mill wright from St. Catherines serving in the Militia with the 2nd Dragoons when he attested into the 176th Battalion at St. Catherines, Ontario in April 1916. In the UK he was sent to the 164th Battalion June 1917 and from there to the 5th Canadian Railway troops in June 1918. He was transferred to the 15th Battalion in July , assigned to No. 3 Company and served in the battles of Amiens in early August and the Drocourt Queant Line and the Canal du Nord in September. During the pursuit of the retreating Germans, he suffered a GSW to the back on October 10, 1918 and was evacuated to No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station. He was moved for further treatment to the 1st South African General Hospital, Abbeville and for recovery to the 5th Convalescent Depot, Cayeux.
Private Brown rejoined the battalion following The Armistice and accompanied it to Ger many for The Occupation. The battalion left Germany in early January and relocated to Bas Oha, Belgium to await embarkation to the UK. While in Bas Oha, Private Brown contracted influenza and died of bronchial pneumonia at No. 50 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Huy La Sarte Communal Cemetery.
NOK: Son of John Henry and Letitia Brown, of Aurora, Ontario.
