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A) the ship served on, or another Canadian or allied ship in the vicinity of the ship served on, was attacked by the enemy, or (B) the ship served on was attacked or damaged (I) by friendly forces engaging in action or counteraction against the enemy, or (II) as a result of marine hazards due to the war; (b) any person who, during World War I or World War II, made a trip by sea, land or air through or over a theatre of actual war for the purpose of (i) proceeding to a Canadian ship in order to serve on a voyage referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii), or (ii) returning to Canada, or to the country of which the person was a citizen or national, from having made a voyage referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) or from service referred to in paragraph (c); (c) any person who, as a member of a Canadian manning pool during World War I or World War II, served in a theatre of actual war; (d) any person domiciled in Canada who, during World War I or World War II, (i) served on board an allied ship while it was making a voyage referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), (ii) made a trip by sea, land or air through or over a theatre of actual war for the purpose of (A) proceeding to an allied ship in order to serve on a voyage referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii), or (B) returning to Canada from having made a voyage referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) or from service referred to in subparagraph (iii), (iii) as a member of an allied manning pool, served in a theatre of actual war, or (iv) was a distressed mariner; or (e) any person who (i) is in receipt of a pension, (ii) has accepted a commuted pension, or (iii) is declared to have been eligible for, or is awarded, a pension subsequent to the person’s death for an injury or disease incurred or aggravated during service as a Canadian merchant mariner of World War I or Canadian merchant mariner of World War II within the meaning of section 21.1 of the Pension Act . Canadian merchant navy veteran of the Korean War (7.4) A Canadian merchant navy veteran of the Korean War is (a) any person who, at any time during the period from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, served on board a Canadian ship in any of the waters, including gulfs, bays and inlets, lying between (i) the coasts of Siberia, Korea and China and (ii) a line beginning at a point on the coast of Siberia at longitude 135° East; thence south to a point at latitude 38° 30′ North and longitude 135° East; thence southwesterly to a point at latitude 30° North and longitude 124° East; thence south to Shokoto Sho; thence westerly to Shichisei Seki; and thence westerly to a point on the coast of China at latitude 23° North; or (b) any person who (i) is in receipt of a pension, (ii) has accepted a commuted pension, or (iii) is declared to have been eligible for, or is awarded, a pension subsequent to the person’s death for an injury or disease incurred or aggravated during service as a Canadian merchant mariner of the Korean War within the meaning of section 21.1 of the Pension Act . Definition of theatre of actual war (8) For the purposes of this section, theatre of actual war means (a) [Repealed, 2015, c. 3, s. 168] (b) in the case of World War I, (i) as applied to the army or air forces, the zone of the allied armies of the continents of Europe, Asia or Africa, or wherever the veteran has sustained injury or contracted disease directly by a hostile act of the enemy, and (ii) as applied to the naval forces or the merchant navy, the high seas or wherever contact has been made with hostile forces of the enemy, or wherever the veteran has sustained injury or contracted disease directly by a hostile act of the enemy; and (c) in the case of World War II, (i) with respect to a former member of His Majesty’s Canadian forces or a merchant navy veteran of World War II, any place where the person has been on service involving duties performed outside the Western Hemisphere, inclu