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In memory of:

Gunner John Earl Millard Watson

Military service

Service number: SF21566
Age: 20
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: RCA
Birth: March 31, 1931 Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: January 26, 1951 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death: November 20, 1951 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 20.7.1199
Additional information

Son of John and Evelyne (nee Chaisson) Watson of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Brother of Robert, William, Lorraine, Doris, Joan, Shirley, Patricia and Millard.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 76 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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