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Joseph Mervin Lacombe

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Joseph Mervin Lacombe

June 13, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/87429

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

415 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Donald Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Lacombe, of South River, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 356 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Row H. Grave 22.

Location:

The port of Flushing is on the south coast of the island of Walcheren in the Schelde Estuary. It is about 7 kilometres south of Middelburg and 58 kilometres west of Bergen-op-Zoom. The FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre north of the town centre.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Joseph "Mervin" Lacombe– From his WW2 service file.
  • Photo of Joseph Mervin Lacombe– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star  September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by Pieter Schlebaum.

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