Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Korean War Memorial – Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

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.

Korean War Monument – Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

Korean War Memorial – Private PAUL BRUNEAU 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. Private BRUNEAU was killed on July 9, 1951 and is buried in the UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN), South Korea. Private JOSEPH LOUIS MAXIME COLLINS and Major JOSEPH PHYDIME LIONEL GOSSELIN, also of the Royal 22nd Regiment, were also killed that day and are buried in graves adjacent to that of Private BRUNEAU.