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Lamb, George Coombe
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George Coombe Lamb, 1895-1918, was born in Bloomsburg, Ontario and raised in Plumas, Manitoba. He joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce and worked as a bank clerk in Kamsack, Saskatchewan at the outset of the First World War. He joined the 188th Battalion in 1916 and served in France with the Motor Machine Gun Brigade. He was killed in action in March 1918. He was engaged to Cassie B. McKee of Edmonton, Alberta before entering the service.