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Joseph Jean Marie Maurice Campeau

In memory of:

Private Joseph Jean Marie Maurice Campeau

November 3, 1951
South Korea

Military Service

Service Number:

C800235

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal Korea

Additional Information

Born:

May 6, 1930
Saint-Isidore-de-Prescott, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 17, 1950
Kingston, Ontario

Son of Albert Campeau and Antonia Quesnel of Cornwall, Ontario. Brother of Edmond, Annette, Aline and Rita.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 10 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 20. Row 6. Grave #1186

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.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Korean War Monument– Korean War Monument Ottawa, Ontario

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Korean War Monument Ottawa, Ontario
  • Memorial– Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.
  • Dedication– Dedicatory inscription, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario

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    Dedication
    Dedication – Dedicatory inscription, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Inscription– Private JOSEPH JEAN MARIE MAURICE CAMPEAU is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private CAMPEAU died on November 3, 1951 and is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Private JOSEPH JEAN MARIE MAURICE CAMPEAU is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private CAMPEAU died on November 3, 1951 and is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea.
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Grave Marker, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
  • Memorial– Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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