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In memory of:

Craftsman Norman Douglas Nicholson

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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)
Canadian Efficiency Decoration

Military service

Service number: SF59886
Age: 31
Rank: Craftsman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Division: 25 Cdn Infantry Brigade
Birth: March 20, 1920 Montague, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: April 20, 1949
Death: January 21, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
Grave reference: Plot 20, Row 10, Grave 1236
Additional information

Son of Norman J. Nicholson of Montague, Prince Edward Island. Husband of Margaret (née Lamont) and father of James Malcolm and Randolph Douglas Nicholson of Saint John, New Brunswick. Brother of Harold, Claude, George and Eileen. Craftsman Nicholson also served 1 September 1939 to 13 October 1945 at demobilization.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 55 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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