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Service No. Rank Service Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Enlistment Place of Enlistment Date of Death Age Cemetery/Memorial Grave Reference Source: Veterans Affairs Canada
Gerald Dean Laurie F-800112 Private 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment November 13, 1929 Denmark, Nova Scotia August 12, 1950 Halifax, Nova Scotia September 28, 1950 20 Lockerby Memorial Cemetery, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada Commemorated on Page 39 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Private Laurie, the son of Ella Mary Ross of Denmark, Nova Scotia, enlisted with the special force being recruited for service in Korea. He was killed when the taxi in which he and a number of comrades in training were returning to Camp Petawawa from Pembroke, collided with another vehicle.
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