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Thomas Edward Perry

In memory of:

Private Thomas Edward Perry

August 15, 1952
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

SD190901

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Division:

1st Battalion

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Additional Information


Born:

December 8, 1928
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 5, 1950
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Thomas William Perry and Marguerite Anna (née McCraw) Perry. Husband of Marie Yvonne Carmen Jeannine (née Gagnon) Perry. Father of twins, Marie Noella Diane and Marie Germaine Doreen. Brother of Marguerite. Attended Lasalle Academy and Guiges School in Ottawa, Ontario. A Memorial erected by the Korean Veterans Association, National Capital Unit, commemorating the 516 Canadians who died in the Korean War will be unveiled and rededicated during Veterans Week 2003 at Ottawa City Hall Headquarters on Elgin Street.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 58 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 21, Row 3, Grave 1290

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Korean War Monument– National Capital Region Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Inscription– Private THOMAS EDWARD PERRY is one of 21 soldiers whose names appear on this monument IN MEMORY OF THE CANADIANS WHO ENLISTED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1950-1953 THE WAR IN KOREA, erected by the National Capital Unit of the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and the City of Ottawa.
  • Plaque– Memorial plaques for Private Thomas Edward Perry, Private Donald Wesley Penney, Private Royal Blaine Pearson and Private Gerald Payton on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario
  • Memorial– A section of the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Left Part
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Centre Part
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Right Part

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