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In memory of:

Able Seaman Ian Thomas Lang Torraville

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: 13594-H
Age: 23
Rank: Able Seaman
Force: Navy
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: HMCS IROQUOIS
Birth: May 27, 1929 Fogo, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment: January 19, 1950 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: August 5, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Plot D Row D Grave 14
Additional information

Son of Sidney and Isabel Torraville of Change Islands, Newfoundland. Brother of Ronald and Elizabeth. Able Seaman Torraville is also commemorated on the Korean War Memorial at the Naval Museum of Alberta at HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 73 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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