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Military service
Service number:
A/32125
Age:
25
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
2 Anti-Tank Regt.
Birth:
May 6, 1919
Granton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 10, 1939
London, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. F. 2.
Additional information
Son of George and Neva Lambourn, of Granton, Ontario. Educated in Granton. He completed Grade 8 in 1934 and then worked on his father's farm. William Lambourn enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery and did his basic training at Wolseley Barracks with 12 Field Battery. Thereafter, he was posted in rapid succession to the Canadian Artillery Training Centre, 100 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 27 June 1940 and 69 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. He was sent overseas to England in July 1941, to 3 Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Unit. From there he went to the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 18 December 1942 and the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 4 August 1943 before joining the 2 Anti-Tank Regiment on 17 March 1944. He is survived by his parents and a sister, Corporal May Lambourn who served with the RCAF and his brother John. He is commemorated on a bronze plaque on the Cenotaph located in St. Marys, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
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St Marys Cenotaph
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St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
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Cemetery
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Entrance
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Thomas Lambourn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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