Date of birth:

1919 (Inverness/Scotland, Great Britain)

Date of death:

2004

Service number:

B 41077

Nationality:

Canadian

Tommy was born in Inverness, Scotland and moved with his family to Canada as a young boy. They decided to move to Canada's west with their large family, and unfortunately, they arrived during the Great Depression and also, a dust bowl hit (major crop failure). They then moved to Toronto, Ontario. Tommy quit school in grade 8 (around age 13) and with his older brother George, went to work in a scrap metal yard to help earn money for the family. After WW2, things got better as Tommy got a job as a beer salesman for the Labatt Brewing Company. He was there for his entire career, and was very successful, working his way up to Ontario Sales Manager before retirement. Dorothea and Tommy have two children, Bev Craigen (now Gottvald) and Ronald Craigen and seven grandchildren.

Career:
July 17th, 1940 - September 14th, 1945: Lincoln & Welland Regiment.

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