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Gunner Joseph Thistle

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Military service

Service number: N-800193
Age: 45
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Birth: August 20, 1905 Pouch Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment: September 11, 1950 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: November 21, 1950 Canoe River, British Columbia

Burial/memorial information

CUPIDS UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY
Grave reference: North-east corner near main entrance
Additional information

Son of the deceased parents Joseph and Rachel Thistle. Brother of Chesley, Gordon, Glen and Doris. Husband of Ina (nee Bailey) Thistle of Conception Bay, Newfoundland and father twin daughters, Doreen and Eileen and Anthony, his son who was born after his death.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance, Canoe River Memorial, Korean War Cairn and Canoe River Monument.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 72 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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CUPIDS UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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