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Former Lindsay Boy Killed Overseas
Word was received in Lindsay on Tuesday Oct 3rd that Karl Abercrombie, second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert John Abercrombie and brother of Norman of Toronto (Gladys) Mrs. Floyd Bentley of Buffalo, Alberta of Lindsay and Bert with the RCAF Nova Scotia, was killed in action on Sept. 25th while serving with the Canadian Army in Italy.
Karl spent the early part of his life in Lindsay and later moved to Toronto, where he lived until he joined up. His wife and two daughters Eileen and Janette reside in Toronto. He has been overseas three years.
TPR. KARL LAWSON ABERCROMBIE, 36
Truck Is Blown Up by German Mine
Tpr Karl Abecrombie, 36, of tbe Governor-General's Horse Guards, died in Italy on Sept 24 of wounds received the same day. According to word received by his widow, Mrs. Lena Abercrombie of 14 Ashbury Ave, Tpr. Abercrombie was wounded when the truck he was driving struck an enemy mine and was blown up.
Tpr. Abercrombie enlisted on Mey 2, 1941, in the Horse Guards and went overseas in
October of the same year. He went to Italy in Sepember, 1943.
His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie, were residents of Lindsay, where he was born and educated. A sister, Alberta still lives there. Another sister, Gladys, lives in Buffalo. A brother. AC I Bert Abercrombie, is stationed at Moncton with the RCAF, and another brother, Norman, lives in Toronto. Two daughters, Eileen and Janette, are at home with their mother.
TPR. KARL LAWSON ABERCROMBIE, 36 was killed in France when the water tank he was operating in a supply column hit a land mine, his wife who lives on Ashbury Ave.. York township, has been informed. He enlisted in May, 1941, and trained with the Governor Generals Horse Guards at Camp Borden before going overseas in October. 1941. A brother, Bert, is serving with the R.C.A. in Canada. Also surviving are two daughters. Eileen and Janette, and two sisters and a brother all of Toronto.
