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Son of Dr. Malcolm Ross and Mrs. Blanche Slack. Husband of Dorothy Emma Huldah Graham, who were married on August 23, 1940 in the Chapel of the Church of St. James the Apostle in Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Mrs. Thelma (Ernest W.) Bowen, uncle of David of Toronto, Ontario and Christopher of Alexandria, Ontario. Enroled 8 May 1942 in Montreal, Quebec. Served overseas from 3 March 1943. Served in Canada, Britain and Central Mediterranean Area.
Mrs. Slack who had overseas service with the Canadian Red Cross provided this short synopisis for the Canadian Letters and Images Project:
While my husband, George Alexander Slack was overseas with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy, I was a Canadian Industries Ltd. secretary and volunteer at the Canadian Red Cross Blood Bank in Montreal. On Thursday evening, October 7, 1943, soon after I returned alone to my apartment from company bowling, the doorbell rang and it was a telegraph boy with the message from General Spry, that George had been killed in action at Foggia on October 2nd. When I arrived in Italy I was posted to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital as a Canadian Red Cross Corps welfare officer and learned a few hours later that the hospital had closed. Luckily, I met Colonel Cy Simmons, in charge of Troop Transport. When I told Cy that my husband was buried in Bari, he asked me to sit down and left me for half an hour. When he returned, he said: Dorothy, early in the morning a jeep will call for you, take you to Naples where you will stay overnight at the YWCA; next morning another vehicle will pick you up, take you to Bari where you will stay at the Australian Officers' Club, and a driver will take you to the grave site. For me, it was a wonderful happening, to be able to pay my last respects to George Slack who had given me the very happiest months of my life.
<p>1939-1945 Star; The Italy Star;The 1939-1945 War Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.</p>
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
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Photo of George Slack and wife
George A. Slack and wife, Dorothy -
Photo of George A Slack
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Grave Marker
Bari, Italy -
Photo 2 of George A Slack
G.A. Slack in Italy -
Photo 3 of George A Slack
G.A. Slack,in Italy -
Photo 4 of George Slack
Picture from West Hill High School Annual 1944 (Montreal). Photo supplied by McGill University. -
Entrance
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Entrance
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Hall
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Plaque
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Stone of Remembrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Bari Cemetary July 2017 (Picture taken by Lorri Trenholm McLeod) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Alexander Slack
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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