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Military service
Service number:
M/51199
Age:
28
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
27th Armoured Regiment
Birth:
December 5, 1915
Beiseker, Alberta
Enlistment:
June 26, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V.A.6.
Additional information
Son of Gustave and Sophia Lick. His parents were emigrants from Germany. He had four sisters and five brothers. Alvin attended a one room school in Beiseker where he attended from grade one to eight. Alvin worked on the family farm with his mom, dad, brothers and sisters until he was about 19 years old. He then moved to Calgary and worked at Monarch Furniture. Alvin was a very happy person and was always laughing. He was engaged to a girl in England, sadly he was killed before they were married.
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Photo of Alvin Emmanuel Lick
Killed in Action Belgium, Buried in Lier, Belgium. -
Gravemarker
Photo of Alvin Lick's Grave in Lier, Belgium -
Letter June 1 1944 p.1
Letter written to mother, dad and family (my brother and I) written on June 1. Alvin was killed in action on October 4, 1944. -
Letter June 1 1944 p.2
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the Project, Operation: Picture Me
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Trooper Alvin Emmanuel Lick
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Trooper Alvin Emmanuel Lick
Digital gallery of
Trooper Alvin Emmanuel Lick
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Trooper Alvin Emmanuel Lick
Digital gallery of
Trooper Alvin Emmanuel Lick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 365 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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