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Son of Richard Shipway and Lena Perkin of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Husband of Eleanor Joan (nee Billedeau) Laker of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Brother of Arthur and half brother Herbert Wilfred Perkin and sister Mrs. Russel Lawson and half-sister, Doris Perkin. Able Seaman Laker is also commemorated on the Korean War Memorial at the Naval Museum of Alberta at HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta and on the Wall of Remembrance in Brampton, Ontario.
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Able Seaman Frank Richard Laker
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Able Seaman Frank Richard Laker
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Able Seaman Frank Richard Laker
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Able Seaman Frank Richard Laker
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Able Seaman Frank Richard Laker
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIAL (BUSAN) South Korea
The memorial is located in the United Nations Cemetery in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The stone memorial with bronze panels was erected to commemorate commonwealth soldiers who died and whose burial places are unknown. Twenty one Canadians are listed on the bronze plaques.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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