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Sergeant Clarence John Currie

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
Atlantic Star
Burma Star
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
General Service Badge
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SK14633
Age: 25
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: November 6, 1925 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: March 4, 1949 Kelowna, British Columbia
Death: October 23, 1951

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 6. 1185
Additional information

Son of John Black and Lillian Eva Currie of Westbank, British Columbia. Brother of Ralph Gordon, Vincent Donald and Velma Lillian. Sgt Currie enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and served in the Second World War from 5 October 1943 to 9 January 1946. He attained the rank of Able Seaman and served under service number V-72631. He saw service in Canada, the United Kingdom and the High Seas. He served with the PPCLI until his death. He was single and in civilian life, was employed as a warehouseman.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 16 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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