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Joseph Maurice Roland Bonnet

In memory of:

Private Joseph Maurice Roland Bonnet

June 2, 1951

Military Service

Service Number:

D-802229

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Division:

R22eR

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp (for the Second World War) and Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal (Korea).

Additional Information

Born:

May 28, 1921
Tétreaultville, Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 25, 1950
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Albert Bonnet and Evelina Fullum. Husband of Lillian Hartley from Crowborough, Sussex, England. Father of Roland Georges and Joseph Émile Davis Bonnet. Brother of Marcel, Fernand, Gérard, Léo, Robert and Raymond.

Enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, until 14 December 1950, then to the 2nd Battalion until 13 January 1951, in Korea. Hospitalized on 13 January 1951 due to illness, he was repatriated to Canada with the 1st Battalion in 1951. He died there.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 6 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Soldiers (M03410)

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

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    Memorial – Ottawa, Ontario
  • Memorial– Close-up 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 – Close-up 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– Dedicatory Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario

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    Dedication – Dedicatory Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Inscription– Private JOSEPH MAURICE ROLAND BONNET 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 BONNET died on June 2, 1951 and is buried in Cote Des Neiges Ouest (Baron De Hirsch) Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Private JOSEPH MAURICE ROLAND BONNET 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 BONNET died on June 2, 1951 and is buried in Cote Des Neiges Ouest (Baron De Hirsch) Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec

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