Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping

Photo of Vernon Weatherbee

Newspaper Clipping

Photo of Vernon Weatherbee

Memorial Plaque – Memorial plaques for Private Vernon Robert Weatherbee, Gunner Charles Donald Webb, Private John Redmond Warren and Private Stanley Arthur Ward on the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario.

Memorial – A section of the Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997.

Memorial – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 1

Inscription – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 2

Memorial – Central Section of Korean Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Part 3

Memorial – Private VERNON ROBERT WEATHERBEE is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 members of the Canadian Forces whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Private WEATHERBEE was killed in action on October 13, 1951. Private GEORGE EARLE ROBINSON and Private JOSEPH WILLIAM HEARSEY also died on this day. All three were serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and all are buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea.

Korean War Monument – Ottawa, Ontario

Close up of Korean War Memorial – Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

Dedicatory Inscription on the Korean War Memorial – Dedicatory inscription, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario