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In memory of:

Corporal Ronald Allan Edmunds

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: B801318
Age: 19
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: October 9, 1931 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: August 18, 1950 Toronto, Ontario
Death: May 30, 1951 Pocheon-si, South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 12. 1129
Additional information

Son of George Robert and Margaret Edmunds. Brother of Allan, Robert, David, Miller, Verna, Margaret, Aileen, Noreen, and Patsy.

Corporal Edmunds 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.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 20 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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