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Gerard Balfour Meynell

In memory of:

Lieutenant Gerard Balfour Meynell

May 3, 1953
Hill 187, South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

ZF3925

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Division:

3rd Battalion

Citation(s):

United Nations Service Medal for Korea, Korea Medal

Additional Information


Born:

November 13, 1928
Brooklyn, New York

Enlistment:

November 1, 1950
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Gerald Balfour and Margaret (nee Doyle) Meynell of Lebanon, New Jersey.

Brother of David and Richard. Spouse of Maralyn (nee Burtt) Meynell of Maine, United States of America.

Lieutenant Meynell is commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War. The Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. It was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 49 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
South Korea

Grave Reference:

Plot 38, Row 4, Grave 3206

Location:

The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Korea War Memorial
  • Photo of Gerard Balfour Meynell
  • Plaque– Memorial plaques for Lieutenant Gerard Balfour Meynell, Corporal Marc Henri Michaud, Lance Corporal René Michaud and Private Joseph Armand Mercier on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Left Part
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Centre Part
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Right Part
  • Memorial Stained Glass– 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. 

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Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner 
Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker 
Arthur Haliburton King  

Korean War

Cyril Harriot
Hugh Meynell
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
  • Memorial– Canadian Memorial UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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