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No date [March 1945]
WOODROW BROWN KILLED IN ACTION
Pte. Woodrow Beverley Brown, Lindsay-born member of the Canadian Active Army, has been killed in action, his mother has been informed. The notification disclosed that Pte. Brown was fighting with the Canadian Army in Germany at the time of his death.
Enlisting in September 1943, at the age of 18 at Kingston, he trained at three army centres before going overseas in October 1944. Transferring to the 5th Algonquin Regiment while overseas, Pte. Brown was sent to Holland on Nov. 10 and was killed on March 9.
Pte. Brown was a member of the Queen Street United Church here. Surviving beside his mother are four sisters and one brother.
March 28,1945
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PTE. WOODROW BROWN
At the Palm Sunday Morning service in Queen Street Church, Rev. H.C. Wolfraim conducted a Memorial Service for Pte. Woodrow Brown who was killed in action in Germany on March 9th 1945.
Woodrow enlisted in September 1943 and after training at three military centres went overseas in October 1944. He was in Holland by November 10th 1944 serving with the 5th Algonquin Regt. He paid the Supreme Sacrifice on March 9th 1945 somewhere in Germany.
The Minister after reading extracts from three letters which he had received from Woodrow since last Christmas, paid tribute to the genial, kind and enthusiastic spirit of this brave soldier who lived daringly, dangerously and sacrificially. The subject of the sermon was "Facing Life's Central Test".
Woodrow transferred his Church membership to Queen Street Church in April 1941 from St. John's Church in South Verulam after he and his foster-mother, Mrs. Ransom, came to live with Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy (the latter being Mrs. Ranson's daughter). He was active in the Queen's Own Young People's Bible Class and Young People's Union.
Up to the present, 10 young men of Queen Street Church have died on Active Service and 17 have been wounded.
