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Son of Nelson Wilfred Kain and Jane (aka Jean) McMillan Don, from Scotland. His mother remarried Robert Y. Young on October 24, 1945, in Vancouver. Lieutenant Kain had a younger brother.
In 1947, he joined the Seaforth Highlanders Regiment, where he served until 1950, when he was promoted to lieutenant. He enlisted on August 1, 1951, in the Canadian Army Special Force in Vancouver, British Columbia. Transferred to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment on August 19, 1951, he departed for Japan on March 26, 1953, and landed in Pusan, South Korea, on April 16 of that year. He fell ill on August 25 and was repatriated in April 1954 with his battalion. He died on January 20, 1955, at Shaughnessy Military Hospital in Vancouver.
His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan (South Korea).
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Kain
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Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, VANCOUVER British Columbia, Canada
Mountain View Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the Vancouver Metropolitan area. It began operation in 1887, with the acquisition of a parcel of land now known as the Old Cemetery". It is bounded on the east by Fraser Street, on the south by 37th Avenue, on the north by 33rd Avenue, and on the west by a row of tall trees which today stand well within the present boundaries of the site.
In 1901, land north of this was purchased from the Horne Family, and became known as the "Horne 1" Addition. Land to the south, comprising the Jones Farm, was added in 1910 and is designated as the "Jones 1" and "Jones 2" Additions. The "Horne 2" Addition, adjoining "Horne 1" on the west, was acquired in 1922. In 1919, a tract bound by 41st Avenue and 43rd Avenue was added. Known as the "1919" Addition, it accommodates many of the victims of the 1917-1919 infuenza epidemic, as well as the victims of a 1920s B.C. Coast shipwreck (The Sophia).
The last addition was added on the western boundary in 1941 and is known as the "Abray Park" Addition, taking its name from a squatter who occupied an orchard and grazed cows in the area until the land was included in the cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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