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In memory of:

Corporal Gerald Robert Evans

Military service

Service number: K800074
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: PPCLI
Birth: October 22, 1927 Swansea, South Wales, England
Enlistment: August 13, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia
Death: April 25, 1951 Kapyong, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2. 3. 68
Additional information

Son of John and Ann M. Evans of Norfolk, England. Brother of John E. Glyn of Sydney, Australia, and R. Howard Evans of Norfolk, England.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 22 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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