Charles Clarence Laking, the last living Canadian who served on the frontlines in World War One, died over the weekend. Four people remain who served, though not on the frontlines. Laking was 106. This just seemed to me to be worth taking the trouble to note. |
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Just to note that LAKING is
Just to note that LAKING is the subject of the DIED THIS DAY item in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Obit page.
His CEF Attestation docs online/LAC Archives show him a Banker;
googline, his name shows on the Scotiabank Honour Roll, online now at their Corporate archives. Regards.