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Military service
Service number:
C/102610
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
December 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV, G. 20.
Additional information
Son of John P. and Elizabeth Mary Wellington, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Private Daniel Melvin Wellington, who died on May 3, 1953, while serving with The Royal Canadian Regiment in Korea.
Digital gallery of Private John Gerald Patrick Wellington
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Korean War Monument
The Brother of Private JOHN GERALD PATRICK WELLINGTON, Private DANIEL MELVIN WELLINGTON was killed on May 3, 1953 at the age of 24 while serving in Korea with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea. He is one of 21 soldiers whose names appear on this monument IN MEMORY OF THE CANADIANS WHO ENLISTED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1950-1953 THE WAR IN KOREA, erected by the National Capital Unit of the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and the City of Ottawa. -
Inscription
The brother of Private JOHN GERALD PATRICK WELLINGTON, Private DANIEL MELVIN WELLINGTON, who was killed during the Koran War, is commemorated at the National Capital Region Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Gerald Patrick Wellington
Digital gallery of
Private John Gerald Patrick Wellington
Digital gallery of
Private John Gerald Patrick Wellington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 474 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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