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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
18050
Age:
21
Rank:
Constable
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
F Regina, HQ Ottawa, & E Campbell River & Port Alberni, BC
Enlistment:
January 6, 1953
Death:
February 8, 1956
Port Alberni, British Columbia
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Cst. Melsom was born in Ontario. He was responding to a call for assistance when he died in a traffic accident at Port Alberni, British Columbia. Cst. Melsom is buried in the Anglican Cemetery of his hometown of Woodstock, Ontario.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 89 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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