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Military service
Service number:
M/67647
Age:
34
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Birth:
June 26, 1911
Hardisty, Alberta
Enlistment:
December 10, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 22, 1945
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 6. Block 139A. Sec. C.
Additional information
Son of William Forrest and Mary Elizabeth Laughy, of Wanham, Alberta. Husband of Alice M. Laughy, of Redcliff, Alberta. Father of Roy Ernest, Joy Alce and Curtis William. Brother of Forrest, Linwood, Lawrence, Russell, Wilbur, Harold, Frances, Josephine, Virgil and Elvira.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Roy Francis Laughy
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Photo of Roy Francis Laughy
This was taken not long before my uncle died. He was stationed at a prisoner of war camp in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He died while undergoing routine dental surgery in camp. We understood that he suffered anaphylactic shock and they were not able revive him.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roy Francis Laughy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 533 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MEDICINE HAT (HILLSIDE) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
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