Served with the Canadian Army during World War II and the Korean War in which he was awarded the Military Cross.
Husband to Lorna May (Gilligan) Merrithew.
MERRITHEW, Haldene Owen
Haldene was born in Lower South Hampton, New Brunswick on June 4, 1925.
He joined the Army in January 1944 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, North Shore Regiment in England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland where he recalls the Canadians being given the task of freeing the country.
Private Merrithew's unit advanced to Amersfoort where the Canadian and German generals arranged a truce to allow the Allies to deliver food to the Dutch who were starving. Convinced they were cut off from the rest of their army, the Germans surrendered on May 5, 1945.
Haldene was discharged in June 1946.
He also served from March 1949 to November 1974 with the UN in Tanzania and Korea. He was with the 1st Battalion, R22eR as a Pioneer Officer.
Haldene was awarded the Military Cross because of an incident in a Korean mine field on October 22, 1952.
He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion,Rothesay Branch in New Brunswick and the Almonte Branch in Ontario for a total of 42 years before he died on November 2, 2010.
Served with the Canadian Army during World War II and the Korean War in which he was awarded the Military Cross.
Husband to Lorna May (Gilligan) Merrithew.
MERRITHEW, Haldene Owen
Haldene was born in Lower South Hampton, New Brunswick on June 4, 1925.
He joined the Army in January 1944 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, North Shore Regiment in England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland where he recalls the Canadians being given the task of freeing the country.
Private Merrithew's unit advanced to Amersfoort where the Canadian and German generals arranged a truce to allow the Allies to deliver food to the Dutch who were starving. Convinced they were cut off from the rest of their army, the Germans surrendered on May 5, 1945.
Haldene was discharged in June 1946.
He also served from March 1949 to November 1974 with the UN in Tanzania and Korea. He was with the 1st Battalion, R22eR as a Pioneer Officer.
Haldene was awarded the Military Cross because of an incident in a Korean mine field on October 22, 1952.
He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion,Rothesay Branch in New Brunswick and the Almonte Branch in Ontario for a total of 42 years before he died on November 2, 2010.
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