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In memory of:

Private Roger Conway Leach

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

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

Military service

Service number: SB41474
Age: 29
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 3rd Bn
Birth: September 12, 1923 St. Catharines, Ontario
Enlistment: April 16, 1941 Niagara Barracks, Ontario
Death: December 9, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 21, Row 10, Grave 1372
Additional information

Son of Mrs. Leila Leach of St. Catharines, Ontario. Pte Leach served as an Infantryman in the Second World War, having service in Canada, the United Kingdom and North West Europe.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 39 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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