Lally, Conrad Tolendal

Lally was mayor of Wainwright, Alberta when he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. He completed pilot training on 1916-06-24 and served as an instructor with 24 Squadron at Gosport. On 1917-04-14, he was promoted to Captain and posted to 25 Squadron. With this unit he scored five victories flying F.E.2d and D.H.4 two seater aircraft before being wounded in action. Returning to England, he spent ten months in hospital. He was granted a short service commission to Flight Lieutenant on 12 December 1919 and was transferred to the unemployed list on 10 January 1920. Post-war he returned home to Wainwright and, in 1923, became the town's first postmaster, a position he held until his death in 1941.