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In memory of:

Private Lawrence Leonard Murray

Military service

Service number: SH61609
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: PPCLI
Birth: December 11, 1931 Port Arthur, Ontario
Enlistment: July 27, 1949 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: March 26, 1952 Busan, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 20, Row 12, Grave 1251
Additional information

Son of George michael and Adèle Mathilda (née Carpenter)Murray of Rainy River, Ontario. Brother of George Arthur, Alfred William, Edward Henry, Theodore Patrick, Stephen Frank, Terrence Albert and sister Patricia Ann.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 54 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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