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Private Curtis Archie Hayes

Military service

Service number: B801040
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: June 26, 1929 Westboro, Ontario
Enlistment: August 17, 1950 Ottawa, Ontario
Death: April 25, 1951 Kapyong, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2. 3. 71
Additional information

Son of Thomas and Flossie Hayes of Dunbar, Ontario. Brother of Garnet, Donald, William, Fred, Allan, Thomas Jr., Madeline, Alice and Eunice.

A Memorial erected by the Korean Veterans Association, National Capital Unit, commemorating the 516 Canadians who died in the Korean War will be unveiled and rededicated during Veterans Week, 2003 at Ottawa City Hall Headquarters on Elgin Street.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on the Chesterville Cenotaph.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 30 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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