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Sergeant Ivan Lethbridge Stark

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Military service

Service number: SA 118631
Age: 29
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers
Birth: April 9, 1928 Ocean Falls, British Columbia
Enlistment: February 5, 1945 London, Ontario
Death: September 27, 1957 Rafah, Egypt

Burial/memorial information

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Plot 16 Row B Grave 5
Additional information
Son of Ivan H. and Mary F. Stark of Galt, Ontario. Husband of Marie Rejeanne Yvette Stark of Timmins, Ontario. Father of Larry D., Linda M. and Robert Stark. Brother of Ronald G., Frederick T Stark and Eva J.E. Lund. Sergeant Ivan Stark served as part of the United Nations Emergency Force 1 in Cairo, Egypt. He was the first Canadian peacekeeper to be killed by a landmine. The Mine Awareness Training area at CFB Kingston officially bears his name.
Additional citations

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force Medal (UNEF), Special Service Medal with NATO Bar, Dag Hammarskjold Medal.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY Egypt

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY is situated just off the main Ismailia-Cairo road, 10 kilometres by road from Ismailia. The cemetery is contained within an army camp, 3 kilometres along Treaty Road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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