Lieutenant-Colonel G.M. MacLachlan
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

No scheme we ever did is anything like this for toughness, not so much in the sense of great forced marches but in the way of continual work, alarm, fatigue and nerve strain and unlimited dirt, cold and wet.

(MacLachlan letter, 23 Jan 1943)

Born on 4 June 1914 in Winnipeg, Graham Martin MacLachlan was a University of Toronto graduate, lawyer, and militia captain with the Royal Regiment of Canada. In January 1943, he was one of several Canadian officers selected to gain combat experience with the British Army in North Africa. After joining the 5th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) in Tunisia, he wrote to a friend “Things have worked out wonderfully. I took a 2 1/c and at once stepped into a bit of fun. This bn is good and I have learned as much in 5 days as one learns in 3 mths in England.”

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