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Military service
Service number:
R/164447
Age:
32
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
November 12, 1910
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 29, 1942
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
May 23, 1943
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row C.4. Grave 99.
Additional information
Son of John Slater Matier and of Jenet Matier (nee McLarty), of Steveston, British Columbia.
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Frank enlisted in the RCAF in July 1942 and trained as an air gunner before being posted overseas in 1943. Ten days after his arrival, he was dead at age 32, the victim of a German air raid over Bournemouth, Hampshire. -
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Sergeant Francis John Matier
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Commemorated on:
Page 188 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOURNEMOUTH NORTH CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
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