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Military service
Service number:
SA1139
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
January 14, 1927
Lambeth, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 5, 1951
London, Ontario
Death:
October 23, 1952
South Korea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 21 Row 8 Grave 1353
Additional information
Son of Clarence Herman and Francis Irene Allen. His father served with the 24th Victoria Rifles during the First World War.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private James Russell Allen
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Korean War Monument
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Dedicatory Inscription on the Korean War Memorial
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Attestation Papers
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Newspaper clipping
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Close up of Korean War Memorial
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Inscription
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Attestation Papers
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Newspaper clipping
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
Digital gallery of
Private James Russell Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 1 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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