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Military service
Service number:
J/37099
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
514 Sqdn.
Death:
January 17, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 279.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Mildred Matkin of Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta.
Brother of Sergeant Philip Keith Matkin, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
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Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of MERLIN LEIGH MATKIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MERLIN LEIGH MATKIN
Matkin, Merlin Leigh J/37099 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 540 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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