A Flight Sergeant with Air Force, he died in a Flight Accident in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He had 1 brother - Lyall and 1 sister - Bernice.

Information from Bowell Funeral Card

Warrant Officer Class II Tarrant was one of six airmen killed in the crash and resulting explosion of Hudson (#BW 620) aircraft at the aerodrome in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; the Hudson, with four airmen aboard, had just taken off on an operational patrol. Besides the four crew members, two of the five ground crew members who attempted to assist, also perished in this accident.
The four aircrew members were:-
Sergeant Alexander John BAILLIE,
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Franklin CAVERS,
Warrant Officer Class II Mervin Elwood TARRANT and
Flying Officer Charles Leroy TRIPP.
The two ground aircrew members were:-
Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Edward BRIGGS and
Aircraftman 1st Class Frank HALLEK.

Military Service:-
Military Service:-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Service Number: R/97649
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

Son of Henry and Susan Mary Ellen Tarrant of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His brother, Private John Lyall TARRANT, also served and fell; he was killed in action on 9 Oct 1944 and was laid to rest in the Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

Warrant Officer Class II Mervin Elwood Tarrant is commemorated on Page 218 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

A Flight Sergeant with Air Force, he died in a Flight Accident in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He had 1 brother - Lyall and 1 sister - Bernice.

Information from Bowell Funeral Card

Warrant Officer Class II Tarrant was one of six airmen killed in the crash and resulting explosion of Hudson (#BW 620) aircraft at the aerodrome in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; the Hudson, with four airmen aboard, had just taken off on an operational patrol. Besides the four crew members, two of the five ground crew members who attempted to assist, also perished in this accident.
The four aircrew members were:-
Sergeant Alexander John BAILLIE,
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Franklin CAVERS,
Warrant Officer Class II Mervin Elwood TARRANT and
Flying Officer Charles Leroy TRIPP.
The two ground aircrew members were:-
Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Edward BRIGGS and
Aircraftman 1st Class Frank HALLEK.

Military Service:-
Military Service:-
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Service Number: R/97649
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

Son of Henry and Susan Mary Ellen Tarrant of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His brother, Private John Lyall TARRANT, also served and fell; he was killed in action on 9 Oct 1944 and was laid to rest in the Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

Warrant Officer Class II Mervin Elwood Tarrant is commemorated on Page 218 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.