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Leonard Arthur Watson

In memory of:

Sapper Leonard Arthur Watson

November 23, 1951

Military Service

Service Number:

K 800213

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Engineers

Division:

RCE

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp,1939 - 1945 Star,France and Germany Star,Defence Medal, War Medal 39-45,Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal.

Additional Information

Born:

July 23, 1919
Edinburgh, Scotland

Enlistment:

April 4, 1940
Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Son of David Buchan Watson, Vancouver, British Columbia.Brother of David, Evelyn, Isabel, Agnes and Jean

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 77 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Plot B Row D Grave 10

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

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  • Memorial Plaque– Memorial plaques for Sapper Leonard Arthur Watson, Gunner Clifford Donald Weir, Private Daniel Melvin Wellington, and Gunner John Earl Millard Watson on the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Memorial plaques for Sapper Leonard Arthur Watson, Gunner Clifford Donald Weir, Private Daniel Melvin Wellington, and Gunner John Earl Millard Watson on the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korean 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.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – A section of the Korean 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 Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 1

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 1
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 2

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 2
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 3

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 3

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