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Daniel Melvin Wellington

In memory of:

Private Daniel Melvin Wellington

May 3, 1953
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

SA2746

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Division:

3rd Battalion

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea

Additional Information


Born:

March 1, 1929
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 11, 1952
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of John and Elizabeth Wellington of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Lawrence, Donald, William, Jackie and Private John Gerald Patrick Wellington, who was killed in action on December 22, 1944, while serving with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.

He stated he was single and employed as a lineman for Ontario Hydro. A Memorial erected by the Korean Veterans Association, National Capital Unit, commemorating the 516 Canadians who died in the Korean War was unveiled and rededicated during Veterans Week 2003 at Ottawa City Hall Headquarters on Elgin Street.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 77 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 38, Row 1, Grave 3178

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– From the Toronto Telegram May 1953. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– This is a newspaper clipping with picture of Daniel "Danny" Wellington. He served with his brother Lawrence in Korea. Danny was killed three weeks before he was due to come home. Danny also lost a brother in WWII.

Newspaper caption: 

Killed in Action - Pte Daniel Wellington (left), Son of  John and Elizabeth Wellington of 444 Arlington Avenue, had been killed in action in Korea, the army has reported.  With him in the picture is his brother, Lawrence who also served in Korea.  A third brother, Sgt W. O Wellington, a Korea veteran, is now at Camp Borden. Another brother, John was killed in the Italy in the Second World War.
  • Photo of Daniel Melvin Wellington– This is a picture of Lawrence "Lonnie" (Left) and Daniel "Danny" (right) Wellington. This picture was taken while the two brothers were serving in Korea. Lonnie made it home but Danny was killed three weeks before he was due to come home near the end of the war.
  • Photo of Daniel Wellington– The picture is of Pte Wellington (left) and my father, Pte Garry Garfield Duchene (right).  They were friends in Korea.  My father passed away on December 31st, 1989.  I was born in 1981 and my parents named me after Pte Wellington.  They named me Daniel Garfield Duchene.
  • Grave marker– Picture of Pte Wellington's grave marker.  The picture was taken by my father, Pte Garry Garfield Duchene, when they visited the cemetery after the War before being shipped home to Canada.
  • National Capital Region Korean War Monument– National Capital Region Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Inscription– Private DANIEL MELVIN WELLINGTON 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.  His brother Private JOHN GERALD PATRICK WELLINGTON died on December 22, 1944 at the age of 19 while serving in Italy with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C. and is buried in the ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY in Italy.
  • Memorial Plaque– Memorial plaques for Private Daniel Melvin Wellington, Gunner Clifford Donald Weir, Sapper Leonard Arthur Watson and Gunner John Earl Millard Watson on the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korean 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 Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 1
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 2
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 3
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
  • Canadian Memorial– Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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