12 Mount Elgin Street

Private Thomas Vernon Martin

Thomas was born in Biggar Saskatchewan in 1921. The family moved to Paris when Thomas was young and lived at 12 Mount Elgin Street. During his school years, he caddied at the Paris Golf Club and became a member, as an adult, when he worked at Penman’s. He enlisted with the 48th Highlanders of Canada on March 4, 1940. Two months later, he went overseas and served in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Thomas was killed in action on October 25, 1943, in the Biferno River Valley and is buried near the scene of his death, south of Castropegnana, Italy.