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Sergeant Joseph Wilfrid Albert Huot

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Citation(s);

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SD800022
Age: 33
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: R22eR
Birth: June 11, 1917 Montréal, Québec
Enlistment: September 7, 1939 Montreal, Québec
Death: May 14, 1951 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Additional information

Baptized Joseph Wilfrid Albert Huot, Son of Jean Baptiste Huot and Yvonne Hotte. Husband of Réjeanne Lafontaine. Brother of Lionel, Charles, Roger, Réal, Léanne, Lucienne, Yvette, Andréa and Alice.

After fighting in Europe during World War II, he enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force on August 10, 1950. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment on August 12, he left for Japan on April 19, 1951. On May 4, he landed in Pusan, South Korea. He was accidentally killed when his truck rolled off the road, injuring two other soldiers.

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

Commemorated on:

Page 33 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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