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In memory of:

Private Thomas Edward Perry

Military service

Service number: SD190901
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22nd Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: December 8, 1928 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: January 5, 1950 Montreal, Québec
Death: August 15, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 21, Row 3, Grave 1290
Additional information

Son of Thomas William Perry and Marguerite Anna (née McCraw) Perry. Husband of Marie Yvonne Carmen Jeannine (née Gagnon) Perry. Father of twins, Marie Noella Diane and Marie Germaine Doreen. Brother of Marguerite. Attended Lasalle Academy and Guiges School in Ottawa, Ontario. 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.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 58 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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