Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Korea Veterans War Memorial – This War Memorial is dedicated in memory of Manitobans who lost their lives during the Korean War.

Photo of Walter Black

Memorial – Ottawa, Ontario

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.

Dedication – Dedicatory Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario

Inscription – Corporal WALTER ALEXANDER BLACK is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel, and is one of the 516 soldiers 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. Corporal BLACK died on November 14, 1951 and is buried in UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN) South Korea. Private AUBREY FRANCIS THOMSON also died on this day, but he is buried in YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan.