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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard

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Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: D/800536
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: April 1, 1931 St. Henri de Montréal, Québec
Enlistment: May 23, 1950 Montréal, Québec
Death: September 28, 1951 on Hill 172, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 4. 1163
Additional information

Baptized Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard, he served under the name of Fernand Girard. Son of Stanislas Girard and Alexandrine René. Brother of Léandre, (Veteran of the Second World War and Korean War), Maurice (Veteran of the Second World War and Korean War), Jeanne-D’Arc, Roméo, Gisèle, Jean-Marc, Lise, Noel, Richard, Roger, Claude, Pierre.

Enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment on August 15, 1950. He left for Japan on April 19, 1951, and arrived in South Korea on May 4 aboard the USS Marine Adder (T-AP-193). He landed in Pusan. He was killed in action on Hill 172 by Chinese artillery during a reconnaissance patrol.

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).

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 27 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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