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Private Joseph Victorin Boudreau

Military service

Service number: SD802092
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22nd Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: R22eR
Birth: September 29, 1928 Pointe Verte, New Brunswick
Enlistment: September 30, 1950 Montreal, Québec
Death: November 24, 1951 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 20, Row 9, Grave 1214
Additional information

Son of Alphonse and Ida Boudreau de Pointe Verte, New Brunswick. Brother of siblings Florian, Norbert, Donia and Blondine.

He was killed in action on 22 November 1951 after an intense Chinese bombardment of Hill 355, a position held by the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, including Boudreau's D Company, began at around 3 pm. This company's trenches came under particularly heavy attack. Shrapnel and rockets fell on the position throughout the night. On the 23rd, this company was attacked by at least two Chinese companies, which were finally repulsed by the battalion's artillery, armour and mortars.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 7 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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