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In memory of:

Gunner Murray Andrew Truthwaite

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SB154368
Age: 20
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: C Company, 3rd Battalion
Birth: February 25, 1933 Selkirk, Manitoba
Enlistment: November 20, 1950 Toronto, Ontario
Death: May 3, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 38.1.3174
Additional information

Son of john Harold and Eupemia of Hamilton, Ontario.Brother of Clarence, Ian and Catherine.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 75 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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