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Major Joseph Léopold Yvan Dubé

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Korean War Monument

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1939-1945 Star
Italy Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: ZE1110
Age: 33
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22nd Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: R22eR
Birth: December 28, 1917 Lac au Saumon, Québec
Enlistment: July 10, 1941 Valcartier, Québec
Death: July 16, 1951 Imjin-Hantan Sector, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 3. 1145
Additional information

Baptized Joseph Léopold Yvan Dubé. Husband of Monique Cartier. Son of Alphonse Dubé and Bernadette Poirier. Brother of Hervé, Herman and Alphonse. He was married on January 27, 1951, at Fort Lewis, Washington, in the presence of the commander of the special contingent, Brigadier J.M. Rockingham, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Lt. Col. Jacques Dextraze, and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Lt. Col. Henri Tellier.

He served under the name Yvan Dubé. Enlisted as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals based at Camp Valcartier near Quebec City, he left for Great Britain on September 25, 1942. Transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on January 11, 1943, he embarked to participate in the Sicilian campaign, where he landed on July 10, 1943. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland and took part in many battles, including the capture of Borgo Santa Maria. On September 1, 1944, he was wounded in combat in the leg and was evacuated until December 23. On the 28th, he returned to the front lines on the banks of the Senio River. On March 16, 1945, he arrived in Marseille, France, crossed the country to fight in Belgium on the 23rd, and then in the Netherlands. He was repatriated to Canada on October 1, 1945. He returned to service on August 31, 1950, with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment, which was incorporated into the special contingent sent to fight in South Korea, where he landed in Pusan on May 4, 1951. On July 16, 1951, in the Imjin-Hantan sector, near Hill 183, he had just assumed the responsibilities of Major Gosselin, who had been killed, when he was accidentally struck by a bullet fired by a Korean servant cleaning a pistol. He had been mentioned in the regimental order of the day on October 6, The Canadian Gazette, issue 40.

His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan (South Korea).

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 18 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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