Mrs. Rachel Morin of Rimouski, Quebec, was the 1989 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1989, at age 92, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.
On August 6, 1952, her son, Private Camille Joseph Morin, was killed while serving with Royal 22e Regiment during the Korean War.