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Private Maurice Sherman Carr

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: B801031
Age: 29
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: January 26, 1922 Garry, New Brunswick
Enlistment: July 15, 1940 Niagara Falls, Ontario
Death: April 25, 1951 Kapyong, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: PLOT 2.ROW 3.GRAVE # 72
Additional information

Son of James Carr of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 10 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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