In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Robert Lyle McCulloch

who died on 22 Sep 1942


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R107653
  Date of death 19420922
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R107653 Flight Sergeant (No. 103 Squadron RAF air gunner) Robert Lyle (Bob) McCulloch (b.1922) of Gull Lake was KIA 19420922 and is buried at Brigg cemetery, Lincolnshire, England. McCulloch's Halifax crashed at Elsham Wolds returning from a raid. He was the son of Clarence Earl and Nora Ethel (Erickson) McCulloch who came from Cooperstown, Griggs Co., North Dakota, where Bob was born, to homestead NW1-15-19-W3 north of Gull Lake. The family moved to Climax where Clarence worked as a mechanic, then to Shellbrook, to Gull Lake in 1940 and finally to Shaunavon later in the war. Bob was educated at Shellbrook and was working as a mechanic at Robinson's garage at Gull Lake when he enlisted at Regina in 1941. His brother Clarence Jr. also served in the RCAF while sister June was in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 138 - Webb
  Cemetery or memorial location Brigg cemetery, Lincolnshire, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Shaunavon
  Geo-memorial McCulloch Island, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.1167°N / 105.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P3
  Geo-memorial details The family with the assistance of Doug Chisholm installed a memorial plaque on the island in western Lac la Ronge in 2004.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19221126
  Place of birth Cooperstown, Griggs Co, North Dakota    
  Date of enlistment 19410609
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Gull Lake    
  Occupation garageman
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