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In memory of:

Private William Frank Lucas

Military service

Service number: SB12592
Age: 27
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Division: 3rd Battalion, RCR
Birth: April 1, 1926 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: March 14, 1946 Toronto, Ontario
Death: May 2, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Allied 21, Row 12, Grave 1399
Additional information

Son of Frank and Ruby Lucas of Toronto, Brother of Edward, Gordon, Leo, Howard, John, Donald, Richard, Catherine, Sylvia and Violet. He was soft spoken , kind and always willing to give. It is the family's understanding that he allowed another soldier to go have a shower and stood in for him when he was killed on Hill 185 in Korea.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 43 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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