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Military service
Service number:
H/40752
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
April 30, 1921
Hamilton, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 17, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. F. 10.
Additional information
Son of John and Jennie Meakin, of Birnie, Manitoba.
Brother of Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin, who died while serving with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment.
Digital gallery of Corporal George Edward Meakin
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Photo of George Meakin
Frank, <b>George Meakin</b>, William Poho and two other buddies. -
Photo of George Meakin
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Biography
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo of GEORGE EDWARD MEAKIN
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Photo of GEORGE EDWARD MEAKIN
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Parade
Off to war. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Correspondence
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Telegram
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Correspondence
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Memorial
Corporal George Edward Meakin is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Edward Meakin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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