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Military service
Service number:
R/272043
Age:
19
Rank:
Aircraftman 1st Class
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
January 10, 1925
Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 13, 1943
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
May 16, 1944
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 135. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of Albert and Milda Backstrom, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Aircraftman 1st Class Melvin Arnold Backstrom
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Photo of Melvin Backstrom
military photo circa 1943
Digital gallery of
Aircraftman 1st Class Melvin Arnold Backstrom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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