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In memory of:

Corporal James Francis Gilmore

Military service

Service number: D800556
Age: 26
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: RCR
Birth: March 24, 1926 Verdun, Québec
Enlistment: June 20, 1944 Kingston, Ontario
Death: March 26, 1952

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 20. 11. 1245
Additional information

Spouse of Rita Gertrude (née Nash). Father of James Joseph and Martin Joseph. Son of Thomas and Stella (née Gaugin) Gilmore. Brother of John and George and two half-sisters Myrtle and Cecile.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 27 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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