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Baptized Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard, he served under the name of Fernand Girard. Son of Stanislas Girard and Alexandrine René. Brother of Léandre, (Veteran of the Second World War and Korean War), Maurice (Veteran of the Second World War and Korean War), Jeanne-D’Arc, Roméo, Gisèle, Jean-Marc, Lise, Noel, Richard, Roger, Claude, Pierre.
Enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment on August 15, 1950. He left for Japan on April 19, 1951, and arrived in South Korea on May 4 aboard the USS Marine Adder (T-AP-193). He landed in Pusan. He was killed in action on Hill 172 by Chinese artillery during a reconnaissance patrol.
His name was inscribed on the cenotaph of the Korean War Memorial in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, erected in 1997 to commemorate the 516 Canadians killed in action between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, as well as on the Korean War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. An identical monument can be found at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan (South Korea).
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Private Joseph Arthur Fernand Girard
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Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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