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Private Harold Carlen Harrison

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SB801356
Age: 31
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth: September 29, 1920 Springhill, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: August 18, 1950 Toronto, Ontario
Death: February 3, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: 20. 11. 1237
Additional information

Son of William Ottie and Ethel Mae Harrison.

Husband of Phyllis Nina Harrison. Father of Arlene Ruth, Carney Irene and Brenda Lee.

Brother of Ronald, Muriel and Grace.

Private Harrison 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 August 16, 2003.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 30 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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