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Corporal Mark Robert McLaren

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Military service

Service number: R65358711
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: Canadian Forces Base Petawawa
Birth: September 7, 1985 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: October 26, 2001 Ontario
Death: December 5, 2008

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Spouse of Ms. Michelle Anne Shaw of Petawawa, Ontario. Son of Robert Alan McLaren of Peterborough, Ontario. Originally enlisting in late 2001, Mark Robert joined the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as a Reserve soldier, in early 2002. A new Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel will be named after Mark Robert. This particular group of vessels are described as "Hero Class". The vessel is expected to be ready in 2013.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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