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Military service
Service number:
634011
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Division:
27th Coy.
Birth:
March 10, 1897
Dundas, Ontario
Death:
February 1, 1919
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Merkley, of Iroquois, Ontario.
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Corporal Orlin Merkley
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 539 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DAX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Landes, France
Dax is a major town. The cemetery is called "Cimetiere St Pierre" and is situated on the right hand side of the N647, in the centre of Dax in the direction of Orthez, on the outskirts of town. The five scattered Commonwealth war graves are in close proximity to one another on the side of the main central path about 20 metres before the central crucifix.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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