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Son of Joseph Ephraim and Marie Louise (nee Plourde) of St. Phillippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska County, Quebec. Brother of Bertrand, André, Rosaire, Jean Yves, Denis, Jocelyne, Solange, Marcelle, Lionel, Celine, Guy, and Claude. He previously served with the militia in the Régiment de Lévis, Quebec, militia officer regimental number TE-69056, and saw action in the Second World War. Enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, from which the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment came under, he left for Japan on 19 April 1951 and arrived in Korea on 4 May 1951.
« The stay on Hill 183 was not an easy one. On 19 July [1951], even though the defensive works had not yet been completed, a few minutes before midnight a force estimated to be at least 110 men managed to infiltrate between No. 2 Platoon and No. 1 Platoon of A Company, commanded by Major Roland Reid. A violent battle ensued, lasting no less than three hours, during which Lieutenant J.L. Roland Carrier of No. 2 Platoon was killed by a burst of machine-gun fire. » Les Bataillons et le Dépôt du Royal 22e Régiment – Vingt ans d’histoire 1945-1965, Jacques Castonguay, Régie du Royal 22e Régiment, page 57.
His name is inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Pell, Ontario, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, identical to the one in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, South Korea.
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Page 10 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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