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Private Elwin Herman Goodwin

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Private Elwin Herman Goodwin

Birth
Argyle Sound, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
4 Oct 1951 (aged 20)
South Korea
Burial
Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea Add to Map
Plot
20. 5. 1169
Memorial ID
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From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: SF800413
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal Korea

He enlisted on 17 August 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Son of William Roy and Eva E. Goodwin of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; brother of William, Alton, Gerald, Ronald George Patrick, Edgar Gordon, and sisters Dorothy Anne and Sharon Anne.

Private Elwin Herman Goodwin is commemorated on Page 27 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Private Goodwin is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial, with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War; the Memorial, located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was unveiled and dedicated on 16 August 2003.
Private Elwin Herman GOODWIN is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: SF800413
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal Korea

He enlisted on 17 August 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Son of William Roy and Eva E. Goodwin of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; brother of William, Alton, Gerald, Ronald George Patrick, Edgar Gordon, and sisters Dorothy Anne and Sharon Anne.

Private Elwin Herman Goodwin is commemorated on Page 27 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Private Goodwin is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial, with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War; the Memorial, located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was unveiled and dedicated on 16 August 2003.
Private Elwin Herman GOODWIN is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177702905/elwin_herman-goodwin: accessed ), memorial page for Private Elwin Herman Goodwin (12 Feb 1931–4 Oct 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177702905, citing United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).