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DEATHS – RICHARD JOHN BROWN

[Welland Tribune January 30, 1940]

Mrs William Outred has received word of the death recently in England of Richard John Brown, former  employe of the International Nickel Company at Port Colborne. Deceased was struck by a motor cycle at Rainham road, Chatham England on December 21 and died shortly afterwards in hospital.

While a resident of Port Colborne deceased was a member of Port Colborne lodge, L.O.L. and the Port Colborne and Humberstone branch of the  Canadian Legion. Mr. Brown resided in St. Catharines for a short time before going to England. He was employed as a boilermaker’s assistant at the dockyard at Chatham.

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