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Military service
Service number:
164654
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
June 7, 1880
Death:
May 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 5.
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth Melling, of Lancashire, England. Husband of Martha A. Melling, of 59, Taylor St., Toronto, Ontario.
Father of Private Gordon Dean Melling who died on October 13, 1944 while serving with The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Samuel Melling
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Melling
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Melling
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Melling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 469 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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