Sergeant Ivan Stark Mine Awareness Training Area

Kingston, Ontario
Type
Other

The Sergeant Ivan Stark Mine Awareness Training Area was dedicated on 26 May 2000. It honours Sgt I. Stark, Royal Canadian Engineers, a member of the United Nations Emergency Force who became the first peacekeeper killed by a mine on UN duty in Egypt on 27 September 1957.

Inscription

[plaque]

This
Mine Awareness Training Area
is Dedicated to
Sergeant Ivan L. Stark
Royal Canadian Engineers
The First Canadian Peacekeeper
Killed by a Landmine While on Operations
United Nations Emergency Force
27  September 1957, Sinai Egypt

 

Location
Sergeant Ivan Stark Mine Awareness Training Area

95 Craftsman Boulevard
Kingston
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.24235
Long. -76.43908
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