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Baptized Joseph Fernand William Langlois. Son of Joseph Guillaume (aka William) and Émilie Anctil. Husband of Marie Thérèse Roy. Brother of Marcel, William, Adrien, Rodrigue, Jean, Émilie, Rolande et Édith.
Enlisted in the 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, he left for Nova Scotia and sailed for Great Britain around 1943 with the Régiment de la Chaudière, service number E-105435. He took part in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1941, and fought in the battles in France and the Netherlands. He returned to Canada on September 15, 1945, and was demobilized on November 6 of that year. Since his military record for World War II is unavailable, the information regarding the Régiment de la Chaudière comes from external sources, so use with caution.
On December 22, 1945, he re-enlisted in the Regular Force of the Royal 22nd Regiment. On January 1, 1951, he was assigned to the Canadian Army Special Force, service number SE-47071. On March 9, 1951, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. He departed from Seattle, Washington (U.S.) on April 14, 1951, and arrived in Kure, Japan, in late April. He arrived in Pusan, South Korea, on May 4. He was killed in action on May 17, 1951, during a clash with Chinese forces in the Kap’yong area, near the Han River.
His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan (South Korea).
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Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
Digital gallery of
Private Fernand Langlois
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea
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