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In memory of:

Trooper Samuel Joseph Pious Squires

Military service

Service number: SC-6623
Age: 22
Rank: Trooper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division: LdSH(RC)
Birth: December 29, 1929 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment: November 18, 1949 Kingston, Ontario
Death: June 10, 1952
Additional information

Son of Samuel J. and Eileen A. Squires of Mundy Pond, St. John's Newfoundland. Brother of Frederick, Edward, Benjamin and Ronald and Theresa. Trooper Squires held previous employment as a tailor's apprentice in St. John`s Newfoundland and for a time, as a stevedore in the Newfoundland Harbour. He was active in sports, especially soccer. He was captain and centre half on a team which won the St. John's City Championship. He had won several trophies for bowling and a medal for rowing. He had participated actively in baseball, softball and boxing.

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Page 69 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. JOHN'S (MOUNT CARMEL) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada

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