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Kenneth Bryant Jones

In memory of:

Private Kenneth Bryant Jones

January 8, 1952
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

A800523

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Citation(s):

1939 - 1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45,Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea

Additional Information


Born:

November 30, 1921
Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 3, 1942
Petawawa, Ontario

Son of Charles and Milgar Lee (née Johnson) Jones. Both deceased when Kenneth was 2 years old. Adopted and raised by Aunt and Uncle, George E. and Evelyn Louise Jones of Windsor, Ontario. Brother of an older brother (un-named) and two sisters (un-named) raised by another aunt and uncle.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 34 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:

N/A

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Plaque– This memorial plaque is mounted on the Wall of Remembrance at the Meadowvale Cemetery, in Brampton, Ontario.
  • RCASC Cenotaph
  • Photo of Kenneth Jones
  • Memorial Plaque– Memorial plaques for Private Kenneth Bryant Jones,  Private Robert James Jones, Private John Paul Keating and Private and John Franklin Kemp on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.
  • Memorial– A section of the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance: Left
  • Inscription– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance: Centre
  • Memorial– Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance: Right

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