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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
B800979
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division:
2nd Battalion
Birth:
August 11, 1930
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 16, 1950
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
February 26, 1951
South Korea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave No. : 42
Additional information
Son of Charles and Adelaide Bernice Lewis of Hamilton, Ontario. Brother of Ward Avlin, Preston Ford, Lionel Ross, Roderick Marven and Marlene Bernice.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 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.
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