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Military service
Service number:
H/95615
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
July 7, 1923
Hamiota, Manitoba
Enlistment:
February 25, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of John and Jennie Meakin, of Birnie, Manitoba.
Bother of Corporal George Edward Meakin, who died while serving with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
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Photo of Frank Meakin
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Biography
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Correspondence
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Photo of FRANK VERNON MEAKIN
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Photo of FRANK VERNON MEAKIN
Heading off to war. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Telegram
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Photo of FRANK VERNON MEAKIN
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Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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