PVT Frederick George Works

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PVT Frederick George Works Veteran

Birth
Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
3 Apr 1951 (aged 23)
South Korea
Burial
Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea Add to Map
Plot
Plot 2, Row 3, Grave 62
Memorial ID
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Pvt. Frederick G. Works
Service Number: A800453
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Citation: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp,Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea,Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea .
Date of Birth: June 22, 1927
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of Enlistment: December 28, 1943
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Husband of Dorothy (nee Pawlitski)Works of Kitchener, Ontario. Father of Lynda.Son of Chester and Sadie (nee Hirtle) Works of Kitchener, Ontario. Brother of James Percy, Mrs. Keith Cullen, Mrs. Elmer Bartlett, Mrs. Edward Grant and Doris Works. It is notable that when Prime Minister Jean Chretien unveiled the Monument to Canadian Fallen in Canada's capital of Ottawa on 28 September 2003, the widow of Private Works, Dorothy Pawlitski and her daughter were present as honoured guests to assist the Prime Minister in the ceremony. The name of Private Works is embossed on the base of the bronze Monuments that stand in both Ottawa and the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea. Dorothy Pawlitski and her daughter had visited the grave of Private Works in October 2000, when they travelled to Korea at the own expense.
Commemorated on Page 80 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Pvt. Frederick G. Works
Service Number: A800453
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 2nd Battalion
Citation: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp,Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea,Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea .
Date of Birth: June 22, 1927
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of Enlistment: December 28, 1943
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Husband of Dorothy (nee Pawlitski)Works of Kitchener, Ontario. Father of Lynda.Son of Chester and Sadie (nee Hirtle) Works of Kitchener, Ontario. Brother of James Percy, Mrs. Keith Cullen, Mrs. Elmer Bartlett, Mrs. Edward Grant and Doris Works. It is notable that when Prime Minister Jean Chretien unveiled the Monument to Canadian Fallen in Canada's capital of Ottawa on 28 September 2003, the widow of Private Works, Dorothy Pawlitski and her daughter were present as honoured guests to assist the Prime Minister in the ceremony. The name of Private Works is embossed on the base of the bronze Monuments that stand in both Ottawa and the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea. Dorothy Pawlitski and her daughter had visited the grave of Private Works in October 2000, when they travelled to Korea at the own expense.
Commemorated on Page 80 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.