 1921 - 1944 (22 years)
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| Name |
Sidney William Merrin |
- Cemetery: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom: Locality: Yorkshire: Locality Information: Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery is located south-east of Harrogate, on the fringe of the town, just off the A661 on Forest Lane
Historical Information:
Many airfields were established in Yorkshire during the Second World War, among them R.A.F. station at Harrogate, Linton-on-Ouse, Tockwith, Rufforth and Marston Moor. No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group, had their headquarters at Allerton Park near Knaresborough and all the stations controlled by this group were in the area north of Harrogate, the largest base having its headquarters at Linton-on-Ouse. Nearly all of the 988 Second World War burials in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery are of airmen, two-thirds of them Canadian. (1 of the burials is an unidentified R.A.F. airman), Many of these men died in the military wing of Harrogate General Hospital. During the early months of the war, a piece of land was set aside for service war burials in Sections 20E and 21E and in July 1943, the Air Forces Section was opened at the north-eastern corner of the cemetery for burials from airfields in Yorkshire and the north-eastern counties. A few of the war graves from this period are scattered elsewhere in the cemetery. There are also 23 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated at Harrogate Stonefall. This total includes six casualties alternativley commemorated by special memorial because their graves in churchyards elsewhere* could no longer be maintained. * Low Moor (Wesley Place) Methodist Churchyard; Edlington (St Peter) New Churchyard ; Denholme Wesleyan Reform Chapelyard
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| Born |
08 Nov 1921 |
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
23 May 1942 - 09 Jun 1944 |
WORLD WAR TWO SERVICE
Flight Sergeant
SIDNEY WILLIAM MERRIN
Service Number 426132
Service Royal Australian Air Force Date of Birth 8 November 1921 Place of Birth MARYBOROUGH, QLD Date of Enlistment 23 May 1942 Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD Next of Kin MERRIN, THOMAS Date of Death 9 June 1944 Posting on Death 467 SQUADRON [Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affiars]
MERRIN, Sydney William - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 426132; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LM440; Place - Arnold Carr, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Date - 9 June 1944 [National Archives of Australia]
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| Died |
09 Jun 1944 |
United Kingdom |
- Roll of Honour - Sidney William Merrin
Sidney William Merrin
Service number: 426132
Rank: Flight Sergeant [Flt Sgt]
Unit: 467 Squadron
Service: RAAF
Conflict: 1939-1945
Date of death: 9 June 1944
Place of death: United Kingdom
Cause of death: Flying Battle
Source: AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
[Australian War Memorial]
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| Buried |
Harrowgate, (Stonefall Cemetery) , Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
- In Memory of
Flight Sergeant SIDNEY WILLIAM MERRIN
426132, Royal Australian Air Force
who died age 22
on 09 June 1944
Son of Thomas and Anna Merrin, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Remembered with honour
HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY [Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves commission]
MERRIN , SIDNEY WILLIAM: Flight Sergeant: Number: 426132: Date of Death: 09/06/1944: Age 22: Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force: Nationality: Australian: Grave/Memorial Ref.: O.V.B.1: Sec. B. Row F. Grave 9. Cemetery/Memorial Name: HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY [Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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| Person ID |
I5443 |
Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen |
| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2009 |
| Father |
Thomas Merrin, b. 1897, Gympie, Queensland |
| Mother |
Anna Honeyball, b. 1898, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Married |
1920 |
Queensland, Australia |
- Marriage Registration
MERRIN, Thomas: Marriage: 1920: Spouse: HONEYBALL, Anna Reg No 1920/C3507 [Queensland Marriage Register]
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| Family ID |
F1746 |
Group Sheet |
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