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Mervin Elwood Tarrant

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Mervin Elwood Tarrant

March 23, 1943
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Military Service


Service Number:

R/97649

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

December 7, 1919
Bridgeford, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

March 15, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Henry and Susan Mary Ellen Tarrant, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

Brother of Private John Lyall Tarrant, who was killed in action on October 9, 1944 while serving with the Calgary Highlanders.

Commemorated on Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

NEW WESTMINSTER (FRASER) CEMETERY
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Range 8. Block 44. Lot C.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Melvin Elwood Tarrant– Photo from files at Library and Archives, Ottawa
  • Grave Marker– Melvin Elwood Tarrant's grave in Fraser Cemetery, photo from files at Library and Archives, Ottawa
  • Grave Marker
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker with view of Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, British Columbia.

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