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Military service
Service number:
B/118594
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
December 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV, C, 7.
Additional information
Son of William and Rose Poole Merson, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Frances Arnold Merson.
Digital gallery of Private Donald William Merson
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Private Merson was in The Queen's Own Rifles Band during the 1930s and at the beginning of the Second World War. He went active in 1943 and was transferred to the Perth Regiment of the 5th Division. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1945.....Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Donald William Merson
Digital gallery of
Private Donald William Merson
Digital gallery of
Private Donald William Merson
Digital gallery of
Private Donald William Merson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 393 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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