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Military service
Service number:
J/8359
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 1, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of John Beharrell Atkinson and Elizabeth Janet Atkinson, of Hartney, Manitoba,
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Merle Atkinson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Family Photo
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Merle William Atkinson
The Hartney Cenotaph in Hartney Manitoba is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merle William Atkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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