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Paul Bruneau

In memory of:

Private Paul Bruneau

July 9, 1951
South Korea

Military Service

Service Number:

SD801337

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Division:

R22eR

Citation(s):

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

Additional Information

Born:

September 19, 1923
Scott Junction, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 19, 1950
Noranda, Quebec

Baptized Joseph Louis Pierre Paul Bruneau. Son of Louis Bruneau and Emelda Anglehart. Father of Paul Bruneau. Brother of Rolland, Edmond, Sylvia and Gisèle.

Enlisted in Noranda, Témiscamingue, Québec, with the Canadian Army Special Force, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment on 21 August 1950. After a stopover in Japan, he arrived in South Korea on 4 May 1951. He was appointed personal jeep driver to Major Lionel Gosselin. ‘During the first three weeks of July [1951], three officers, including two senior officers, one non-commissioned officer and two privates lost their lives. The first tragic incident occurred on the 9th, during a major patrol by B Company commanded by Major Marcel Richard. Everything was going as planned, and perhaps better than planned, and Major Richard had almost reached his objective without encountering any opposition, when further on the battalion commander's reconnaissance vehicle hit a mine. Major Lionel Gosselin, who was replacing Colonel Dextraxe that day, was killed instantly, as were the Colonel's personal driver, Private Paul Bruneau, and his wireless operator, Private J.L. Maxime Collins. Extract from The Battalions and Depot of the Royal 22e Régiment, page 56. This event took place near hill 183.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 8 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
South Korea

Grave Reference:

Plot 20 Row 2 Grave 1141

Location:

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.

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    Korean War Memorial – Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War 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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    Korean War Memorial
    Korean War 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.
  • Korean War Monument– Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

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    Korean War Monument – Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Memorial– Private PAUL BRUNEAU 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 BRUNEAU was killed on July 9, 1951 and is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea. Private JOSEPH LOUIS MAXIME COLLINS and Major JOSEPH PHYDIME LIONEL GOSSELIN, also of the Royal 22nd Regiment, were also killed that day and are buried in graves adjacent to that of Private BRUNEAU.

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    Korean War Memorial
    Korean War Memorial – Private PAUL BRUNEAU 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 BRUNEAU was killed on July 9, 1951 and is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea. Private JOSEPH LOUIS MAXIME COLLINS and Major JOSEPH PHYDIME LIONEL GOSSELIN, also of the Royal 22nd Regiment, were also killed that day and are buried in graves adjacent to that of Private BRUNEAU.

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