| Arthur Griffith Waldron World War II Lieutnenant Royal Canadian Army No. 75256 |
| Enlisted: June 1940 Wounded: May 1944 Died June 9, 1944 Age: 25 years 8 months Lieutenant Arthur Griffith Waldron was a member of the Saskatchewan Militia prior to WWII. Banana Belt School district provided his formal education. He enlisted as a Corporal in the 16/22 Saskatchewan Light Horse Regiment when mobilised at Dundurn depot in June 1940. This unit became known as the "travelingest" regiment in Canada. Its banner lists Dundurn, Weyburn, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Niagara Falls, Camp Borden, Ottawa, Sherbrooke, Debert, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton as postings. Arthur attended Officers' Training Centre, Brockville, Ontario from April 17, 1942 through July 11, 1942 becoming a 2nd Lieutenant on graduation. He became a tank commander and his group were sent to England shortly thereafter. His tank force served with the Canadian 1st Division in the invasion of Sicily in mid-1943. On August 23, 1943, Art's tank crew was cited for knocking out two German tanks at ranges of 700 and 1500 yards, along with an 88 mm gun and some machine gun nests. he was wounded in May 1944 and died three weeks later on June 9, 1944. He is buried at Caserta, Italy (about 20 miles from Naples) in the military cemetery, Grave 18, Row A, Plot 1. He would have been 26 years of age on September 22, 1944. On July 12, 1962, the Government of Saskatchewan named a lake in northern Saskatchewan in memory of Arthur Griffith Waldron. Waldron Lake centre is at: 58 2' north, 108 44' 30" west. This lake is 25 miles due east of the Semchuk Trail and nine miles west of the west end of McTaggert Lake. It is also 62 miles south of the south shore of Lake Athabaska. |
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