Military service
Service number:
M/41062
Age:
37
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Division:
104 L.A.D.
Birth:
March 21, 1907
Detroit Lakes
Enlistment:
February 5, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. H. 11.
Additional information
Son of Mats K. Matson, and Betsy Matson (nee Larson), of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Flight Sergeant Mervin Keith Matson who died on September 11, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson
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Photo of Raymond Melville Matson
Raymond Melville Matson, RCEME, died 8 August 1944 in France. He was driving a jeep when his regiment was was attacked by German fighter planes, he was hit by shrapnel and died instantly. The officer he was driving was not hurt. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
I visited in 2001, I was the first of our family to ever visit the site. The cemetery was immaculately kept, the visit was very moving.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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