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Lieutenant Milton Cameron Vipond

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Citation(s);

War Medal 1939-1945
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: ZC3939
Age: 30
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: April 27, 1924 Kenora, Ontario
Enlistment: November 12, 1942 Kingston, Ontario
Death: March 18, 1955

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 38. 5. 3219
Additional information

Son of Joseph Howard Cameron and Laura Margaret (née Eastman) Vipond. Brother of the late Pilot Officer Dalton Eastman Vipond, killed in action on 26 March 1942. Husband of Helen Beatrice (née Brown) Vipond and father of Helen Lorraine Vipond Mantle of Bradford, Ontario. Lieutenant Milton Cameron Vipond and Helen Beatrice (née Brown) were married on 17 November 1951 at Trinity Anglican Church, Bradford, Ontario. Reverend Blake presided at the ceremony. A stained glass window depicting 'The Dove of Peace' was placed in the Trinity Anglican Church in Bradford, Ontario in memory of Lieutenant Milton Cameron Vipond.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 75 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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