Private Florian Wilfrid Aurey Cusson

Son of Ferdinand Cusson and Lucienne Blanchette, of Sutton, Quebec. Brother of Donald, Roger, Denis, Laurier and sister Jeanne D'Arc.

Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment on 8 October 1952, he was transferred to the 3rd Battalion on 15 November. He arrived in South Korea on 16 April 1953.

"Two bodies of Allied soldiers have been handed over to the United Nations authorities by the Republic of North Korea. After examining the identification discs, it was discovered that they were both members of the 3rd Battalion. Private Florian Wilfird Aurey Cusson, from Sutton (Brome, Québec) and Private Hermel Girard, from Kénogami (Chicoutimi, Québec). They had been reported missing on 20 May 1953, during the last battles before the armistice. Their bodies lay in the brush near the deserted town of Sunghak Tong, in the demilitarised zone." Extract from the magazine L'Amicale du 22e Inc, vol. IX, No. 11, March 1956.

His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan (South Korea).

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.