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Alexander William Lynch

Sources Veterans Affairs Canada

Alexander William Lynch Private F/79797 West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C. May 6, 1921 Earltown, Colchester Co., NS June 15, 1942 Halifax, NS Earltown, Colchester Co., NS 21 5 feet, 11 1/2 inches Medium Black Grey Single Farmer Presbyterian George Charles Lynch (Father) Earltown, Colchester Co., NS August 10, 1943 22 Cassino Memorial, Cassino War Cemetery, Frosinone, Italy Panel 14 Commemorated on page 183 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 15 Private Lynch was the son of George Charles Lynch (1894-1978) and Elizabeth Catherine (Sutherland) Lynch (1902-1980) Lynch, of Earltown, Colchester Co., NS. His brother, Private George Charles Lynch was killed on April 8, 1944, aged 20 (also serving with the West Nova Scotia Regiment of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps). He completed his basic training at No. 61 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre in New Glasgow, NS, from July 18, 1942 to December 15, 1942. He then transferred to Aldershot December 16, 1942 until embarking for the UK March 28, 1943. Private Alexander Lynch arrived in the United Kingdom on April 3, 1943 and served there until August 15, 1943. He served in Italy until August 10, 1943 when he was reported missing and presumed to have accidentally drowned. Private Lynch completed 1 hour of squad drill with his Corporal on the morning of August 10, 1943. Scheduled for guard duty at 4:30 pm later that day, he and four friends, Private M. L. McCumber (F/59064), F. R. McCabe (F/65891), and R. M. McCullough (F/5221), proceeded to the beach for a swim immediately after breakfast. They were all swimming together when they all felt the effects of severe undertow. All struggling to make it ashore they realized Alexander Lynch did not make it back to the beach. He is remembered on the Cassino Memorial in the commune of Cassino, Frosinone, Italy; approximately 140 kilometres south east of Rome.