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Wallace Macpherson Betts

In memory of:

Private Wallace Macpherson Betts

July 28, 1953

Military Service

Service Number:

SF-38683

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Division:

RCR

Citation(s):

United Nations Service Medal (Korea), Korea Medal, War Medal 1939-45.

Additional Information

Born:

September 30, 1926
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

February 7, 1947
Brockville, Ontario

Son of Edgar Allen and Elizabeth Betts of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia; husband of Mrs. Gladys Betts of Durham Centre, Restigouche County, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 5 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LORNE STREET CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

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  • Memorial– Ottawa, Ontario

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    Memorial – Ottawa, Ontario
  • Memorial– Detail of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Detail of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.
  • Dedication– Dedication Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario

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    Dedication – Dedication Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Inscription– Private WALLACE MACPHERSON BETTS is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private WALLACE MACPHERSON BETTS died on July 28, 1952and is buried in LORNE STREET CEMETERY Trenton, Nova Scotia.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Private WALLACE MACPHERSON BETTS is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private WALLACE MACPHERSON BETTS died on July 28, 1952and is buried in LORNE STREET CEMETERY Trenton, Nova Scotia.

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