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16 April 2020

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№ 730

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£220

Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SC-116021 G. Francoeur) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Gaston Francoeur was born in Casselman, Ontario, on 24 June 1922, and enlisted into the Canadian Army on 18 June 1943. He served with Le Régiment de Joliette from 1 December 1944 as a Rifleman, went overseas January 1945 with the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, returned to Canada April 1946, and was released on 10 May 1946. Rejoining on 18 April 1951, he served in the 1st Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment from 14 January 1952, was promoted Lance Corporal on 15 February 1952, and proceeded to the Far East for service in Korea on 9 April 1952. He was killed in action on the morning of 16 August 1952 by a shell splinter to the head, and is buried in the United Nations Military Cemetery, Tanggok, Korea.

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