HUME, ELWOOD LAWRENCE

Ellwood Lawrence Hume was born January 27, 1921, the son of Charles and Alice Ethel Esther (Allen) Hume of Bolger Bridge and Ardbeg.

Ellwood was a Driver with the RCASC (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps) and was overseas by December, 1942.

The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) was an administrative and transport corps of the Canadian Army. The RCASC, along with the rest of the Army, underwent a rapid expansion as Canada mobilized for the Second World War. In addition to maintaining transport for the army on land, the RCASC also commanded and maintained a ship-borne freight and patrol company, the Pacific Command Water Transport Company, during World War II. The RCASC provided support to Canadian Soldiers wherever they went; training in Canada and Great Britain, the campaign in north-west Europe, and in the campaign in Italy. The RCASC moved supplies from the rear areas to the front-lines. They delivered all rations, ammunition, petroleum products, and all other essentials. They did so with a variety of vehicles ranging from three- to ten-ton trucks, and forty-ton tank transporters. (Wikipedia)

The information regarding the service of four of the Hume men from Ardbeg is from an article in the Toronto Telegram, Monday June 19, 1944.