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Military service
Rank:
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.S. Merganser
Death:
November 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Bay 6, Panel 4.
Additional information
Sub Lieutenant (Aviation) Morelli's family came to a farm three miles northeast of Plunkett, Saskatchewan from Sondrio in northern Italy near the Swiss border in 1912. He was educated at Badger and Plunkett, Saskatchewan. Comments from his service record stated that he was said to be a "very pleasant, typical Canadian who is keen in his work and will be an asset to 1st line Squadron, socially and professionally". He is commemorated on the Honour Roll in Plunkett, Saskatchewan.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 616 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom
This Memorial will be found on the main sea front, sited on Marine Parade West, approximately half a mile west of the town centre. The principal base of the Fleet Air Arm, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, was chosen as the site for the Memorial to the men of that service who died during the 1939-1945 War and who have no known grave. The Memorial consists of a rectangular column of Portland stone bearing the inscription: THESE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FLEET AIR ARM DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND HAVE NO GRAVE BUT THE SEA. 1939-1945. Above the inscription is carved the Naval Crown with wreath and foul anchor. To each side of this central memorial stone is a wall bearing three recessed panels of Westmorland slate, on which are carved almost 2,000 names. The panels are protected by a wide canopy. The splayed flanking stone walls of the Memorial enclose a curved terrace approached by a wide flight of three steps and bounded by a low retaining wall. In the centre of this terrace is an inlaid compass emblem composed of a mosaic of Westmorland slate and selected marbles.
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