Gunner Atchison was one of seventeen soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for Canada on this date; the soldiers, from the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA), were en route from Camp Shilo, in Manitoba, to Fort Lewis, in Washington, and from there were to be deployed to serve in Korea.
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers who were en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.
Military Service:-
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: L-800229
Age: 24
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Division: RCHA
Husband of Mrs. Erna Atchison, South Makwa, Saskatchewan, Canada; son of Earl Mackay Atchison and Mrs. Atchison of Loon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Gunner Arden Joseph Atchison is commemorated on Page 3 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Gunner Arden Joseph ATCHISON is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers who were en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.
Military Service:-
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: L-800229
Age: 24
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Division: RCHA
Husband of Mrs. Erna Atchison, South Makwa, Saskatchewan, Canada; son of Earl Mackay Atchison and Mrs. Atchison of Loon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Gunner Arden Joseph Atchison is commemorated on Page 3 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Gunner Arden Joseph ATCHISON is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Gunner Atchison was one of seventeen soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for Canada on this date; the soldiers, from the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA), were en route from Camp Shilo, in Manitoba, to Fort Lewis, in Washington, and from there were to be deployed to serve in Korea.
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers who were en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.
Military Service:-
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: L-800229
Age: 24
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Division: RCHA
Husband of Mrs. Erna Atchison, South Makwa, Saskatchewan, Canada; son of Earl Mackay Atchison and Mrs. Atchison of Loon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Gunner Arden Joseph Atchison is commemorated on Page 3 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Gunner Arden Joseph ATCHISON is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound Canadian National Railway (CNR) Continental Limited collided head-on. The collision killed 21 people: 17 Canadian soldiers who were en route to the Korean War and the two-man locomotive crew of each train.
Military Service:-
Rank: Gunner
Service Number: L-800229
Age: 24
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Division: RCHA
Husband of Mrs. Erna Atchison, South Makwa, Saskatchewan, Canada; son of Earl Mackay Atchison and Mrs. Atchison of Loon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Gunner Arden Joseph Atchison is commemorated on Page 3 of Canada's Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Gunner Arden Joseph ATCHISON is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
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