A105182
Oxford Rifles, Highland Light Infantry
Private, 2nd Brengunner with Can. Commandos

Born: May 7th 1923, Woodstock
Died: April 17th 1984, Woodstock
After School: farmer
Enlisted: November 7th 1942, London
Trained: Ipperwash, ON; England
Served: France, England
Medals or Awards: Good Conduct, CVSM, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal; 2 red chevrons for being wounded

After the War: factory worker, owner/operator of Tabor's Mini Market at Gobels, ON

Family: Parents - Lesley and Nora Tabor
Sister - Evelyn Eckstein, Woodstock
Married Doreen Reta Clark on April 2nd 1946 at Christ Church Rectory, Huntingford, ON
Children - Bonnie, Lynn, Jamie (R.R. 2, Mount Forest)

Comments: Earl was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel in D-Day invasion in Caen, France; was shipped back to England due to the severity of his wound.