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Military service
Service number:
L/107016
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt.
Death:
April 19, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Charles Gordon Craig and Elva Leona Craig, of Paddockwood, Saskatchewan.
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Lyle L. Craig with combat gear. -
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me Lyle Lewis Craig was the 2nd of 7 children born to Charles and Elva Craig. He was born on the farm at Calderbank, Saskatchewan on March 28, 1924. The family moved to a farm in the Paddockwood area in 1930. Lyle attended Elkhome School until Grade 8, walking 4 miles to get there. Lyle could play the violin and enjoyed dancing. Lyle was a friendly and outgoing person. He had red hair, was tall, and good looking. Lyle joined the Army in October 1943 and took his basic and mechanical training in Dundern, Saskatchewan. He had his embarkation leave to go home for a visit in June 1944. He was stationed in England and spent New Year’s leave visiting his Uncle Aubrey Rounds in Edinbourgh. He wrote faithfully to his mother, and she saved them all. He was driving a tank, when it was hit by a shell and he was killed on April 19, 1945. He would have been 21 years old. -
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Trooper Lyle Lewis Craig
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Trooper Lyle Lewis Craig
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Trooper Lyle Lewis Craig
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Commemorated on:
Page 506 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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