Abram Island is named in honour of Lieutenant Allan Francis Abram. The island was dedicated on February 3, 1950 by the Government of Saskatchewan.
Allan Francis (Frank) Abram was born in August 1919 in Southey, Saskatchewan. He attended Central Collegiate and Regina College and completed a law degree just before enlisting at Saskatoon in 1942, where he was assigned to the Calgary Regiment. Lieutenant Abram was killed in action in May 1944 near Panaccioni, Italy during operations to breach the GUSTAV LINE, when his Sherman tank was struck by a round from an enemy self-propelled gun. He is buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Frosinone, Italy.
