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In memory of:

Gunner Donald Edward Thompson

Military service

Service number: SA840
Age: 20
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: RCA
Birth: August 22, 1931 New Market, Ontario
Enlistment: November 10, 1949 London, Ontario
Death: June 16, 1952 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 21.1.1263
Additional information

Son of Fred Rutledge and Minnie (nee Smith) Thompson of Preston, Ontario. Brother of William Frederick, Robert James, Paul Arthur and Shirley Anne.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 72 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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