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Private Joseph Edward Kilpatrick

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Private Joseph Edward Kilpatrick

Birth
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
13 Oct 1952 (aged 19)
South Korea
Burial
Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea Add to Map
Memorial ID
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In the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, Korea, stands a memorial to Commonwealth soldiers whose burial places are unknown. The inscription reads:

"1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS"

Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: SD-4685
Age: 19
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: RCR
Honours/Citations: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.

He enlisted on 6 Nov 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Son of Samuel and Catherine Kilpatrick of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; brother of Kenneth and William.

Private Joseph Edward Kilpatrick is commemorted on Page 35 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.

Private Joseph Edward KILPATRICK is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
In the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, Korea, stands a memorial to Commonwealth soldiers whose burial places are unknown. The inscription reads:

"1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS"

Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: SD-4685
Age: 19
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division: RCR
Honours/Citations: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.

He enlisted on 6 Nov 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Son of Samuel and Catherine Kilpatrick of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; brother of Kenneth and William.

Private Joseph Edward Kilpatrick is commemorted on Page 35 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.

Private Joseph Edward KILPATRICK is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

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