V34491
Military Police, RCNVR
Ordinary Seaman

Born: February 9, 1932 in Waterloo, ON
Died: April 2, 1986

Attended: Brocksden and Tavistock Public Schools
After School: Zimmerman's Box Factory, Zellers in Hamilton

Enlisted: April 15, 1941 in Hamilton
Trained: Hamilton, Halifax, Montreal, Sydney - Nova Scotia
Served: Canada on the Atlantic East Coast
Discharged: February 1946 in London

After the War: Zellers, Zimmerman's Box Factory, Milling Co. Blackstones - Stratford

Family: Parents - John and Henrietta (Henkle) Merklinger
Brothers - Peter, Fred, William, David, Sam, Frank, Eugene
Sisters - Ida Thalder, Betty, Mabel Meisner, Frances Neeb
Wife - Geoline (Herman)
Children - George, Rosemary Fiddler

Comments: Member of Tavistock Legion Branch # 518