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Military service
Service number:
B-801850
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division:
D Company
Birth:
March 30, 1929
Sarnia, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 22, 1950
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 11, 1951
Hill 187, South Korea
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Son of Charles Elgin and Ellen Sadie Toole of Point Edward, Ontario Brother of James Norman and Allan Charles, Elizabeth Jean and Linda May.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Richard Toole
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIAL (BUSAN) South Korea
The memorial is located in the United Nations Cemetery in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The stone memorial with bronze panels was erected to commemorate commonwealth soldiers who died and whose burial places are unknown. Twenty one Canadians are listed on the bronze plaques.
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