Regiment: Calgary Highlanders
Force: Canadian Army Service Corps
Allan Tink was the son of William and Margaret (Beamish) Tink, who married on December 31, 1903 in Ontario. In 1910, with their four children they came west to southern Alberta, spending 15 years in the Steveville area. In 1925, they moved north to Leslieville, west of Red Deer, and in 1928, further north to the Peace Country. The last move was made by rail, with a team of horses, one cow, several chickens, some machinery and household effects, and six of their now seven children.
Allie and his two sisters, Mary and Dorothy, completed their grade nine at Rivertop School.
Recruited at the Grande Prairie Military Centre, Gordon, Elmer, and Allen Tink joined the army when war broke out. Elmer and Allie were members of the Calgary Highlanders and Gordon was a member of the R.C.E.M.E, stationed at Camp Borden for part of those years.
Allie went overseas almost immediately and was a munitions driver on the front lines for the duration of the war. He returned from the war in the fall of 1945. Through the Soldier’s Settlement Board, he purchased a half section of land of Section 21, 74-2-W6.
Allie married Jeannette Vinet on December 20, 1946. Allie did some lumber hauling for Pete Kebalo out of Gordondale to Spirit River and Jeannette taught school at South Bad Heart until June of 1950. They lived on the farm until Allie’s passing on December 22, 1950 at the age of 30 years.
Source: Community Book Index – Wagon Trails Grown Over, Surname File, Obituaries