In memory of

Private

Elmer Roy Andrew

who died on 19 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
  Rank Private
  Service number L8999
  Date of death 19450419
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L8999 Private (69 General Transport Co., Royal Canadian Army Service Corps) Elmer Roy Andrew (b.1922) of Maymont died 19450419 during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Andrew drowned accidentally in the Twente canal. His father William Ezra Andrew came from Balmoral, Manitoba, to homestead SE2-42-12-W3 east of Maymont and work at road and railway building, his mother Caroline McCurdy (Campbell) was born in the gardener's house on Alexander Graham Bell's estate at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. Elmer farmed before enlisting at Saskatoon late in 1941 and left a wife Rosie Louisa (Jones) at Rainham, Essex, England. Two of his brothers, John and Hector, also served.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 406 - Mayfield
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Andrew Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.2°N / 104.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74I12
  Geo-memorial details A plaque was erected at Andrew Lake west of Waterbury Lake by Doug Chisholm on behalf of the family in 2003.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220902
  Place of birth Maymont    
  Date of enlistment 19411210
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Maymont    
  Occupation farmer
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