Published in the Crag & Canyon Newspaper
Banff, Alberta
January 8, 1916
The War is Coming Home
The following dispatch, dated Ottawa, Jan. 4 was received here Wednesday morning:
Deeply regret to inform you No. 467056, Private Harold Malloch Luxton, 31st, formerly 63rd battalion, officially of the 63rd, officially reported killed in action on the 18th of December." – Adjutant General.
Thursday morning's mail brought a letter from Capt. Wm. R. Walker, chaplain of the 31st, consisting in part as follows: "Malloch was passing along the trenches, with a comrade, to get his dinner and a portion of the parapet having been destroyed, so that it was impossible to stoop low enough to completely conceal the body from the enemy, a sniper's bullet ushered them both into eternity. Malloch was very popular with his comrades-in-arms and a general favorite. He has finished his work, done his duty well and truly, and cheerfully gave up his life for king, country and the cause of right and justice. The body lies in the cemetery at Kemmel, along with many other brave fellows, and a cross will be erected above the grave with a metal plate bearing his name and regiment."
Malloch Luxton was the youngest child of the late W.F. Luxton, one of the most widely-known journalists in the northwest and founder of the Winnipeg Free Press. Two brothers, Norman K. and L.P. Luxton, reside in Banff, the widowed mother and one sister in St. Paul, a sister in Winnipeg and a brother, George, in Minneapolis.
Malloch lived in Banff for several years and was well known here. He enlisted in the 63rd at Calgary last August, later was drafted to the 50th and attached to the 31st battalion upon arriving in England, and almost immediately sent to the front. His jovial personality and happy disposition gained friends wherever he went.
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Service No: 467056
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 31st Bn. (Alberta Regiment)
Banff, Alberta
January 8, 1916
The War is Coming Home
The following dispatch, dated Ottawa, Jan. 4 was received here Wednesday morning:
Deeply regret to inform you No. 467056, Private Harold Malloch Luxton, 31st, formerly 63rd battalion, officially of the 63rd, officially reported killed in action on the 18th of December." – Adjutant General.
Thursday morning's mail brought a letter from Capt. Wm. R. Walker, chaplain of the 31st, consisting in part as follows: "Malloch was passing along the trenches, with a comrade, to get his dinner and a portion of the parapet having been destroyed, so that it was impossible to stoop low enough to completely conceal the body from the enemy, a sniper's bullet ushered them both into eternity. Malloch was very popular with his comrades-in-arms and a general favorite. He has finished his work, done his duty well and truly, and cheerfully gave up his life for king, country and the cause of right and justice. The body lies in the cemetery at Kemmel, along with many other brave fellows, and a cross will be erected above the grave with a metal plate bearing his name and regiment."
Malloch Luxton was the youngest child of the late W.F. Luxton, one of the most widely-known journalists in the northwest and founder of the Winnipeg Free Press. Two brothers, Norman K. and L.P. Luxton, reside in Banff, the widowed mother and one sister in St. Paul, a sister in Winnipeg and a brother, George, in Minneapolis.
Malloch lived in Banff for several years and was well known here. He enlisted in the 63rd at Calgary last August, later was drafted to the 50th and attached to the 31st battalion upon arriving in England, and almost immediately sent to the front. His jovial personality and happy disposition gained friends wherever he went.
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Service No: 467056
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 31st Bn. (Alberta Regiment)
Published in the Crag & Canyon Newspaper
Banff, Alberta
January 8, 1916
The War is Coming Home
The following dispatch, dated Ottawa, Jan. 4 was received here Wednesday morning:
Deeply regret to inform you No. 467056, Private Harold Malloch Luxton, 31st, formerly 63rd battalion, officially of the 63rd, officially reported killed in action on the 18th of December." – Adjutant General.
Thursday morning's mail brought a letter from Capt. Wm. R. Walker, chaplain of the 31st, consisting in part as follows: "Malloch was passing along the trenches, with a comrade, to get his dinner and a portion of the parapet having been destroyed, so that it was impossible to stoop low enough to completely conceal the body from the enemy, a sniper's bullet ushered them both into eternity. Malloch was very popular with his comrades-in-arms and a general favorite. He has finished his work, done his duty well and truly, and cheerfully gave up his life for king, country and the cause of right and justice. The body lies in the cemetery at Kemmel, along with many other brave fellows, and a cross will be erected above the grave with a metal plate bearing his name and regiment."
Malloch Luxton was the youngest child of the late W.F. Luxton, one of the most widely-known journalists in the northwest and founder of the Winnipeg Free Press. Two brothers, Norman K. and L.P. Luxton, reside in Banff, the widowed mother and one sister in St. Paul, a sister in Winnipeg and a brother, George, in Minneapolis.
Malloch lived in Banff for several years and was well known here. He enlisted in the 63rd at Calgary last August, later was drafted to the 50th and attached to the 31st battalion upon arriving in England, and almost immediately sent to the front. His jovial personality and happy disposition gained friends wherever he went.
*************
Service No: 467056
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 31st Bn. (Alberta Regiment)
Banff, Alberta
January 8, 1916
The War is Coming Home
The following dispatch, dated Ottawa, Jan. 4 was received here Wednesday morning:
Deeply regret to inform you No. 467056, Private Harold Malloch Luxton, 31st, formerly 63rd battalion, officially of the 63rd, officially reported killed in action on the 18th of December." – Adjutant General.
Thursday morning's mail brought a letter from Capt. Wm. R. Walker, chaplain of the 31st, consisting in part as follows: "Malloch was passing along the trenches, with a comrade, to get his dinner and a portion of the parapet having been destroyed, so that it was impossible to stoop low enough to completely conceal the body from the enemy, a sniper's bullet ushered them both into eternity. Malloch was very popular with his comrades-in-arms and a general favorite. He has finished his work, done his duty well and truly, and cheerfully gave up his life for king, country and the cause of right and justice. The body lies in the cemetery at Kemmel, along with many other brave fellows, and a cross will be erected above the grave with a metal plate bearing his name and regiment."
Malloch Luxton was the youngest child of the late W.F. Luxton, one of the most widely-known journalists in the northwest and founder of the Winnipeg Free Press. Two brothers, Norman K. and L.P. Luxton, reside in Banff, the widowed mother and one sister in St. Paul, a sister in Winnipeg and a brother, George, in Minneapolis.
Malloch lived in Banff for several years and was well known here. He enlisted in the 63rd at Calgary last August, later was drafted to the 50th and attached to the 31st battalion upon arriving in England, and almost immediately sent to the front. His jovial personality and happy disposition gained friends wherever he went.
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Service No: 467056
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 31st Bn. (Alberta Regiment)
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