Signals Casualties of the United Nations - Details

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Listed below are details on the Signals related casualties as a result of service with the United Nations, those on the Honour Roll. For an index of the casualties please see Signals Casualties of the United Nations.

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Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Abbott Thomas Edward Sigmn F89503741 32
Date of death Unit Burial location details
June 14,1975 73 Signals Unit UNEFME Military Section, Plot 7018, Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Marker Casualty Details
Abbott, Thomas Edward grave marker.jpg
Accident
Details: Accidental fall from roof at Ismalia, Egypt.
Additional Information
Son of Lawrence Albert of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Violet (Nee Maxwell) of Wallbridge, Nova Scotia. Husband of Bonnie Louise (Nee Evans) Abbott and Father of Michelle and Thomas of Petawawa, Ontario.


Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Crouse Philip Morris Sigmn SF102709 24
Date of death Unit Burial location details
Aug 19, 1966 56 Canadian Signal Squadron - United Nations Emergency Force I (UNEF) Grave 3, Row B, Plot A, Gaza War Cemetery, -, Israel
Marker Casualty Details
Crouse, Philip Morris grave marker.jpg
Accident
Details: Electrocuted in the UNEF I commcen
Additional Information



Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Dodge Christopher Arthur Sigmn R21989878 20
Date of death Unit Burial location details
July 2, 1979 Middle East / 73rd Canadian Signals Squadron - United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEFME) Grave 5, Section J, Plot 92, Greenwood Cemetery, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Marker Casualty Details
Dodge, Christopher Arthur grave marker.jpg

Details: Died while making vital dispatches
Additional Information
Born: May 4, 1959 Etobicoke, Ontario
Enlistment: May 11, 1976 Kitchener, Ontario
Son of Arthur and Beverly Dodge. Brother of Carrie Lee Hammond.


Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
MacRae Mark MCpl R65803168 Special Service Medal with NATO Bar, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Dag Hammarskjöld Medal 27
Date of death Unit Burial location details
December 6, 1986 Canadian Airborne Regiment – Airborne Headquarters and Signal Squadron attached to Canadian Signals Unit UNFICYP (None), CFB Petawawa, Ashes dropped from Hercules, Ontario, Canada
Marker Casualty Details


Accident
Details: MCpl Mark MacRae fell off the cliff at St Hillarion Castle, Cyprus, while on a pleasure outing on a day off.
Additional Information
Born: August 12, 1959 Aberdeen, Scotland
Enlistment: September 28, 1977 Toronto, Ontario
Son of George Milne and Mary Prim MacRae of Brampton, Ontario. Husband of Baerbel MacRae of Petawawa, Ontario. Father of Sven.
Master Corporal MacRae served In the Active Force from 28 September 1977 until 6 December 1986. He served In the Special Duty Area (Cyprus) from 1 September 1986 until his death.


Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Mason Neil Edward Sigmn SA126206 19
Date of death Unit Burial location details
May 15, 1958 56 Canadian Signal - United Nations Emergency Force - I (UNEF) Plot 16 Row B Grave 11, Moascar War Cemetery, -, Egypt
Marker Casualty Details
Mason, Neil Edward grave marker.jpg
Accident
Details: While in Rafah, Signm Mason was shot dead by a Brazilian guard on his way back from the ‘’Blue Beret Club’’. He was mistaken for a Bedouin, was machine gunned and was hit with 2 bullets.
Additional Information



Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Moore Robert Harold Sgt SL27395 39
Date of death Unit Burial location details
Oct 6, 1961 57 Canadian Signals Unit - United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) Plot 2 Row J Grave 24, Nairobi War Cemetery, -, Kenya
Marker Casualty Details
Moore, Robert Harold grave marker.jpg
Illness
Details: Died of disease at Albertville, Congo.
Additional Information
Son of Samuel and Sarah, brother of Reginald and Doris, husband of Margaret of Ottawa.


Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Olivier Emmanuel Cpl SG67572 38
Date of death Unit Burial location details
Dec 9, 1961 United Nations Emergency Force I - (UNEF) Post War Section A Row A Grave 9, Gaza War Cemetery, -, Israel
Marker Casualty Details
Olivier, Emmanuel grave marker.jpg
Accident
Details: Cpl. Emmanuel Olivier, who fell from the roof of a building being used as the living quarters by the UN. Fell from the roof of the UN quarters.
Additional Information



Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Pennell Kenneth Earlwood Cpl SB138623 21
Date of death Unit Burial location details
Sep 15, 1957 United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Plot 16 Row A Grave 19, Moascar War Cemetery, -, Egypt
Marker Casualty Details
Pennell, Kenneth Earlwood grave marker.jpg
Additional Information



Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age
Porter Perry Kevin Sigmn D85230103 Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), Dag Hammarskjöld Medal 21
Date of death Unit Burial location details
November 6, 1980 Middle East / 1 Line Tp -, Benton United Cemetery, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Marker Casualty Details
Porter, Perry Kevin grave marker.jpg
Accident
Details: While serving in the Golan Heights with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) he was killed on November 6, 1980, when the antenna tower on which he was working, a 60 foot Trylone tower, collapsed from a snaped guide wire .
Additional Information
Born: January 26, 1959 Woodstock, New Brunswick
Enlistment: February 14, 1978 CFB Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Son of Earl and Thora Marie Porter of Woodstock, New Brunswick.