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In memory of:

Private Gilbert Hino Bossé

Military service

Service number: SD17491
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22nd Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: R22eR
Birth: April 29, 1933 Edmunston, New Brunswick
Enlistment: November 10, 1952 Montreal, Québec
Death: May 28, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 38, Row 2, Grave 3191
Additional information

Son of Edmond Bossé and Délina Voisine from St-Jacques, Madawaska, New Brunswick. Brother of Méo, Énoil and Clarence.

He was killed in action during a patrol.

Commemorated on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument has been erected at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, South Korea.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 6 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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