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Private William Dawson

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SF21703
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: February 14, 1929 Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: February 21, 1951 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death: October 23, 1952 Hill 355 'Little Gibraltar', South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 21. 8. 1349
Additional information

Son of James and Agnes Dawson of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Fourth eldest son of seven siblings: 3 brothers and 4 sisters. His hobby was repairing electrical equipment. Pte Dawson 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 17 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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