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John Alexander Lerue

In memory of:

Private John Alexander Lerue

February 9, 1970
Cyprus

Military Service


Service Number:

R89722238

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Citation(s):

United Nations Forces in Cyprus(UNFICYP), Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

Additional Information


Born:

February 14, 1950
L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

August 8, 1967
Sydney, Nova Scotia

Son of Charles William and Mary Eleanor Lerue of L'Ardoise, Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Brother of Mary M., Charles F., Wayne J. and Howard J. Lerue.

Commemorated on Page 150 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DHEKELIA GARRISON BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY
Cyprus

Grave Reference:

Plot 3, Row A, Grave 24

Location:

The cemetery is located in Dhekelia, Cyprus. There are graves for nine Canadians who served with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and who died between 1964 and 1970.

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  • Captain Dan Zegerac salutes graves– These were taken on July 1, 2004, at the Dhykelia British Garrison Cemetery, where a short ceremony was held to Honour and remember those nine Canadian service men buried there. All nine were part of the UN Peacekeeping missions from 1964 through to 1970.  
Buried at Dhekelia are: Trooper Joseph H. Campbell, Royal Canadian Dragoons, who died July 31, 1964; Lieut. Kenneth E. Edmonds, who died December 25, 1964, aged 44; Rifleman Perry James Hoare, who died August 14, 1965, aged 25; Lance Cpl. Joseph P. Chartier, Canadian Guards, who died March 14, 1966, aged 20; Pte. Joseph P. E. Bernard, The Black Watch, who died July 9, 1966, aged 23; Trooper Lennard Wain Nass, Canadian Hussars, who died September 27, 1966, aged 24; Cpl. O.J. Redmond, Royal Canadian Regiment, who died March 10, 1967, aged 35; Cpl. K.A. Salmon, Canadian Army Provost Corps, who died on September 27, 1967, aged 31; Pte. T.A. Lerue, who died February 9, 1970, aged 19.
  • Reverend Richard Hull & Captain Dan Zegarac
  • Captain Dan Zegarac planting the Canadian Flag
  • Gravemarker and the Canadian Flag
  • Piper
  • Grave marker
  • Private John Alexander Lerue

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