In memory of

Private

Thomas Elmer Lobb

who died on 24 Sep 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number L105548
  Date of death 19440924
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L105548 Private (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Thomas Elmer Lobb (b.1914) of Battle Heights was KIA 19440924 on his 30th birthday at Lochtenberg on the Antwerp-Turnhout canal and is buried at Bergen op Zoom Canadian war cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was the son of Arthur Lorne and Clara (Richardson) Lobb who came from Hastings Co., Ontario, in 1903 and pioneered in the Thatch Creek and Beatty districts. Arthur passed away just three days before his son was killed in Europe. Thomas was born at Melfort and was farming northeast of Carrot River when he enlisted at Regina early in 1943. His brother Leslie served with the RCAF.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 486 - Moose Range
  Cemetery or memorial location Bergen op Zoom Canadian war cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Beatty
  Geo-memorial Lobb Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.3333°N / 103.5°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M5
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Pelican Narrows.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19140927
  Place of birth Melfort    
  Date of enlistment 19430324
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Battle Heights    
  Occupation farmer
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