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In memory of:

Private Ross Reginald Patrick

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

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

Military service

Service number: F800650
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: August 11, 1928 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: August 23, 1950
Death: April 9, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 3. 1152
Additional information

Spouse of Mary emma Patrick of Springfield, Nova Scotia. Father of Wilfred Lawrence and Mary Patricia. Son of William and Marjorie Patrick of Bridgeville, Nova Scotia. Brother of Kenneth George and William Gary, Edith Jean,Doris and Norma. Pte Patrick is commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War. The Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. It was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003.

Also commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 57 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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