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Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON

Memorial number: 35059-041

Type: Bronze statue, bronze and granite base, bronze plaque, granite path

Address: 100 Elgin Street

Location: Confederation Park, close to the West end of Mackenzie King Bridge

GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.42256   Long: -75.69253

Submitted by: Richard Turcotte

The Monument to Canadian Fallen commemorates more than 30,000 Canadians who served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 and as peacekeepers in Korea until 1957. It was erected by the National Capital Commission and dedicated on September 28, 2003. The monument was designed by Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Korean War Veteran Vincent Courtenay and created by Korean artist Yoo Young Mun in 2002. It is a slightly larger replica of the monument at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea, where 378 Canadians are buried.

There are three elements to the monument - a statue, a dedication plaque and an arrowhead made of dark granite bricks that extends outward from the statue and plaque. The arrowhead points towards Busan, Korea. The arrowhead was not part of the original design. The monument was carefully placed so that the figures looked along an accurate GPS setting to Busan. The National Capital Commission had a professional geographer make the calculation two times to ensure the exactness. The arrowhead is in line with those calculations.

The statue is an unarmed Canadian soldier holding a young Korean girl and guiding a Korean boy. At the feet of the soldier are the crests of the Royal Canadian Air Force (left), Canadian Army (center), and Royal Canadian Navy (right). The children represent the generations of Koreans who live in freedom thanks to those who served and those who made the supreme sacrifice. The girl is holding a bouquet of 21 maple leaves, representing the 16 Canadians with no known grave and the five Canadian sailors lost at sea. The boy is holding a bouquet in which maple leaves are mixed with roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea, as a symbol of the friendship between the two countries. The oval bronze base has two rings - the top is inscribed with the names of fallen soldiers and the bottom ring has a patriotic inscription. The bottom base is made of Korean granite.

The monument is inscribed with the names of 516 Canadian soldiers who died during the Korean War. One soldier was too young for service in Korea and enlisted under his older brother’s name. Both names are recorded on the monument. Another soldier often used a pseudonym and was known by that name among friends, so he is identified by two names as well.

There was no machine to produce the words for the monument, so every letter - more than 6,000, was hand cut from rubber sheeting. The hand-cut names were glued to the plane of the base, a plaster splash was made and the raised letters were formed on the casting. The process distorted many of them and they had to be hand tooled to perfection. This was done for both the Canadian and Busan monuments!

Both Monuments to Canadian Fallen were cast in a hillside foundry in Korea, which was actually a tent rigged over a melting pot on one of the hills where Canadian soldiers once fought. The formed components were laid out on sand in their plaster splashes to cool, formed in the open air by artisans who had done the work all of their lives and lived there in the hills in huts.

Vincent worked with Yoo Young Mun in his small studio in Pocheon, near the Demilitarized Zone. Vincent designed every element and sculptor Yoo Young Mun translated them into a three dimensional form in composite. He then cut it in sections, made his plaster splashes, poured the bronze, welded the components together, treated the bronze with acid, painstakingly hand carved the granite plinth, then directed the workers who set the assembled bronze in place on the plinth in the Canadian Graves Section in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery.

The bronze components for the second monument were shipped from Korea to the Windsor Armory in Ontario, where it was assembled by artist Yu Young Mun. It was then temporarily sited in the park adjacent to Windsor City Hall while negotiated were made with officials in Ottawa regarding its donation and possible sites. Yu Young Mun then carved a second granite plinth that was shipped to Canada and flew to Canada again to supervise the placement of the bronze on the stone. The Korean Embassy paid for shipping the plinth to Canada. It weighs several tons.

The unveiling and consecration of the Monument to Canadian Fallen took place on October 23, 2003, in Confederation Park, Ottawa. Prime Minister Jean Chretien officiated and remained with the Veterans throughout the two-hour ceremony, which was telecasted live by CBC. The crowd was well over 1,000 people with Korean War Veterans from all across Canada.

Students from the Suk-po Elementary School, located near the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, sang a song of praise to the Fallen Canadians. The 25-student choir, their teachers and chaperones were flown from Busan at the expense of Chung Mong-koo, the chairman of Hyundai Motor Co., as a gesture of respect to Canada’s Veterans and to the Canadian public.


Inscription found on memorial

[statue base top bronze ring/anneau du haut de la base en bronze de la statue]

[front center/devant centre]

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE CANADIANS WHO
DIED IN SERVICE DURING
THE KOREAN WAR
1950-1953
AND ON KOREAN PEACE
KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957

[front center right/devant centre droit]

  • [column 1/colonne 1] 
  • SGMN WILLIAM J ACKINAM
  • PTE CHARLES M ALFORD
  • PTE JAMES R ALLEN
  • PTE HENRY ALTHOUSE
  • PTE GREGORY ANAKA
  • PTE FREDERIK ANDERSEN
  • LIEUT NEIL M ANDERSON
  • PTE FRANK A ANDREWS
  • PTE LEONARD F ANDREWS
  • PTE HENRY ARD
  • PTE ROBERT F ARDING
  • PTE ROBERT V ARNOTT
  • GNR ARDEN J ATCHINSON
  • PTE WILLIAM J L AUSTIN
  • LIEUT DOUGLAS W BANTON
  • PTE HAROLD A BARKHOUSE
  • GNR WELDON E BARKHOUSE
  • PTE CHARLES BARRIE
  • PTE JACOM W BATSCH
  • LCPL CHARLES F BAWDEN
  • PTE MARCEL BEAR
  • PTE JOSEPH G S BEARDMORE
  • PTE JAMES G BEAUDRY
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  • [column 2/colonne 2]
  • SGT MARCEL BELAND
  • TPR JOSEPH R BELL
  • SDT EDGARD BERGERON
  • PTE WILLIAM W G BEST
  • PTE WALLACE M BETTS
  • CPL CARLO E BIGNUCOLO
  • PTE FREDERICK BILYK
  • PTE JOHN J BISHOP
  • CPL WALTER A BLACK
  • SDT JOSEPH R BLANCHARD
  • CPL DAVID H BOATH
  • SDT MARC A BOLDUC
  • CPL RUSSEL W BOLTON
  • SDT JOSEPH M R BONNET
  • CPL CONSTANT BOSSÉ
  • SDT GILBERT H BOSSÉ
  • SDT JOSEPH V BOUDREAU
  • SDT PAUL-EMILE BOUDREAULT
  • SDT JOSEPH L BOURDEAU
  • SDT BENOIT BOUTIN
  • PTE DONALD F BRANDSHAW
  • PTE JAMES S BRAYLEY
  • PTE EARL P BRODEN
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  • [column 3/colonne 3]
  • PTE KENNETH S BROOKS
  • PTE BORDEN B BROWN
  • PTE ROBERT J BROWN
  • PTE LEWIS D BROWNLOW
  • PTE WILLIAM E BRUCE
  • VSDT PAUL BRUDEAU
  • PTE HARRY B BRYDON
  • PTE EVERETT C BUCHANAN
  • PTE JOHN N BURAK
  • LCPL THOMAS BURGESS
  • LCPLBENEDICT BUTKEVICH
  • CPL JAMES A CALKINS
  • PTE HERBERT P CAMPBELL
  • CPL RONALD D M CAMPBELL
  • PTE JOSEPH J M M CAMPEAU
  • PTE LAURIE A CANNING
  • PTE MAURICE S CARR
  • LIEUT JOSEPH L R CARRIER
  • GNR NORMAN W CARROLL
  • PTE ROBERT D CASEY
  • CFN EARL A CHAPMAN
  • CPL MARC CHARPENTIER
  • CPL MARCEL E H CHARTIER
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  • [column 4/colonne 4]
  • SDT DONAT CHATIGNY
  • PTE MICHAEL P CHIASSON
  • SDT OMER CHIASSON
  • SDT VIATEUR CHOUINARD
  • PTE ROBERT A CHRISTIE
  • PTE JAMES J CHRISTOFF
  • VCPL PAUL A CLARK
  • PTE ROBERT CLARK
  • PTE BENNIE CLEMENTS
  • LIEUT HUGH R CLEVELAND
  • PTE WILFRED D CLOONEY
  • PTE THOMAS H COLBOURNE
  • PTE ARTHUR P COLLINS
  • SDT JOSEPH L M COLLINS
  • SDT JOSEPH L M COLLINS
  • PTE RAYMOND L COLPV
  • GNR FREDERICK W CONWAY
  • PTE WILLIAM A COPAGE
  • PTE ROBERT COPINACE
  • SDT GILLES CORBEIL
  • PTE GORDON M CORMIER
  • SGT VICTOR K CORNISH
  • PTE DOUGLAS E COTA
  • PTE JOSEPH R I CÔTE
  • [column 5/colonne 5]
  • PTE LLOYD G COUNTRYMAN
  • PTE LOUIS J COURCHAINE
  • SGT STUART F COWAN
  • GNR ROBERT A CRAIG
  • PTE KENNETH CROMPTON
  • CPL RAY W CROWELL
  • SGT ALBERT E W COMBERBATCH
  • SGT CLARENCE J CURRIE
  • SDT FLORIAN W A CUSSON
  • SDT ROLAND DALLAIRE
  • SDT JOSEPH F L DANEAU
  • PTE HOWARD C DARRAH
  • SDT JOSEPH A L DAVID
  • SPR HENRY G DAVIS
  • PTE WILLIAM DAWSON
  • PTE MICHAEL DEBECK
  • SDT JOSEPH R R DESCHÊNES
  • SDT JOSEPH A A F DESCHESNES
  • SDT GEORGES DÉSILETS
  • SGT JOSEPH A G DESJARDINS
  • SDT JOSEPH R A R DESROCHERS
  • PTE FRANK A DIEHL
  • SDT PAUL-EMILE DIONNE
  •   
  • [column 6/colonne 6]
  • SDT GÉRARD DISTEFANO
  • CPL GEORGE E DOHERTY
  • MAJ JOSEPH I Y DUBÉ
  • SPR GILLES DUCASSE
  • PTE GEORGE DUCHARME
  • SDT LUDOVICH J DUGUAY
  • SSGT JEAN L DUHAIME, CD
  • SDT JEAN B DUMAS
  • PTE MICHAEL A DUNPHY
  • SDT JOSEPH E A DUPUIS
  • SDT YVAN V J DUROCHER
  • PTE GERALD H DURY
  • PTE ALBERT C EARHART
  • LCPL HAROLD V EDGLEY
  • CPL RONALD A EDMUNDS
  • LCPL ROY D ELLIOTT
  • SDT MAURICE EMARD
  • LCPL LORNE A EMERSON
  • LCPL RONALD E EMERY
  • PTE RAYMOND G ENOS
  • PTE KENNETH I ERB
  • CPL GERALD R EVANS
  •   
  •   
  • [column 7/colonne 7]
  • CPL JAMES K EVANS
  • PTE DONALD W EVERINGHAM
  • SDT BERNARD P J FAIRFIELD
  • LCPL JOHN H FAIRMAN
  • PTE ROBERT B FAIRSERVICE
  • PTE CECIL R E FANCY
  • PTE ADÉLARD J FARAND
  • RFN NORMAND P FERLAND
  • CPL JOSEPH A FERLATTE
  • SDT HERVÉ A FERRON
  • PTE LESLIE T FIELDING
  • PTE WILLIE FONG
  • SPR ALBERT FORTIER
  • PTE WILLIAM J FOWLER
  • CPL GASTON FRANCOEUR
  • PTE JOSEPH L R GAGNIER
  • SDT JOHN G GAGNON
  • SDT JOSEPH O GAGNON
  • CPL JEAN M GALLANTV
  • PTE PAUL H GALLINGER
  • PTE JOSEPH E H GARAND
  • PTE RUSSELL L GARDINER
  • SDT ROBERT GENDRON
  •   
  • [column 8/colonne 8]
  • GNR AUSTIN E GEORGE
  • SDT ROGER GIGUÈRE
  • CPL JOHN F GILL
  • PTE JOHN R Q GILLAN
  • VCPL JAMES F GILMORE
  • SDT HERMEL GIRARD
  • SDT JACQUES GIRARD
  • SDT JOSEPH A F GIRARD
  • PTE ROBERT F T GIRARD
  • PTE LÉP P GLADU
  • CFN DOUGLAS C GOOD
  • PTE ELWIN H GOODWIN
  • MAJ JOSEPH P L GOSSELIN, ED
  • PTE LOUIS J GOSSELIN
  • MAJ PHILIP E GOWER, MC
  • PTE ALEXANDER L GRAY
  • TRP KENNETH A GRAY
  • TRP KENNETH A GRAY
  • PTE HENRI-LOUIS GRENIER, CD
  • PTE RAYMOND J GRENNAN
  • PTE ARTHUR S GUY
  • PTE JAMES C HACKETT
  • PTE REGINAL A HALL
  • LIEUT JAMES D HAMILTON
  • [column 9/colonne 9]
  • PTE ALFRED E R HANSEN
  • PTE EDWARD J HANSPIKER
  • PTE RUSSELL O HARALDSON
  • PTE JOHN F HARMON
  • LIEUT CYRIL HARRIOTT
  • PTE HAROLD C HARRISON
  • PTE RALPH HARRISON
  • CPL DONALD P HASTINGS
  • PTE CURTIS A HAYES
  • PTE JOSEPH W HEARSEY
  • CAPT JOHN K HEATH, MC
  • PTE THOMAS J HEDDERSON
  • PTE CLAYTON C HELM
  • LBDR ALLAN J HELMAN
  • LIEUT ARTHUR G HERMAN
  • SPR HENRY B HIEBERT
  • LCPL HAROLD E HIGGINS
  • PTE JOHN W HILTON
  • PTE WILLIAM R HOWARTH
  • PTE ANDREW G HOWSE
  • CLP ELDON J HUGHES
  • PTE NORMAN E HUGHES
  • PTE DONALD G HULL
  • [column 10/colonne 10]
  • SGT JOSEPH W A HUOT
  • SDT JOSEPH L P ISABELLE
  • SGT RUSSELL A JODRIE
  • LCPL WILLIAM E JOHNSTONE
  • PTE DONALD R JONES
  • SGMN EDWARD J JONES
  • PTE KENNETH B JONES
  • PTE ROBERT J JONES
  • PTE JAMES A JORDAN
  • LIEUT EDWARD G KAINV
  • PTE JOHN PAUL KEATING
  • PTE JOHN F KEMP
  • LCPL JOHN W KENNEDY
  • PTE JOSEPH E KILPATRICK
  • PTE ARTHUR A KING
  • PTE ROGER FALCON KING
  • CPL GEORGE E KINROSS
  • PTE DEWARD J M KNIGHT
  • PTE GERALD G KNORR
  • PTE GRAHAM C KNOTT
  • SGT GERALD W KOCH
  • PTE WILLIAM KOSTIUK
  • SDT JOSEPH O G LABRECQUE
  • [column 11/colonne 11]
  • SDT HENRI LACHANCE
  • CLP JOSEPH G M LADOUCEUR
  • SDT LAWRENCE LADOUCEUR
  • SDT JOSEPH L L LAFLAMME
  • PTE CIFFORD J LAFRAMBOISE
  • SDT JOSEPH P C R LANFRANCISE
  • SDT RAYMOND E LANDRY
  • SDT FERNAND LANGLOIS
  • PTE WILLIAM LAPKA
  • PTE BERNARD W LARSON
  • PTE MERVYN E LATHAM
  • PTE GERALD D LAURIE
  • SDT ARSÈNE LAUZIER
  • PTE HENRY J LAVALLÉE
  • PTE WILLIAM H LAVENE
  • PTE LEO J LAWLOR
  • PTE ROGER CONWAY LEACH
  • SDT HENRI J G LEBEAU
  • CPL JOSEPH G A LEBLANC
  • VSDT JOSEPH A J M LECLERC
  • LIEUT CAROL B LECUYER
  • PTE HUBERT D LEGGE
  • SGT MALCOLM C LEONARD
  • [column 12/colonne 12]
  • SDT JEAN-MARIE LÉONARD
  • CPL JEA-CLAUDE LEROUX
  • PTE JOSEPH M L LESSAR
  • SDT JULES L LETENDRE
  • LCPL THEODORE M LETKEMAN
  • GNR URBAIN J LÉVESQUE
  • LIEUT JOSEPH Y LEVISON
  • PTE ARLEN C LEWIS
  • PTE WILFRED J LINDEN
  • PTE THOMAS E LITTLE
  • PTE WILLIAM J LOCKHART
  • PTE GORDON L LUCAS
  • PTE WILLIAM F LUCAS
  • MAJ JOSEPH A R LUPIEN, PADRE
  • PTE WALLACE A LUXTON
  • VCPL EARLE MACASKILL
  • CPL JOSEPH D MACCORMACK
  • PTE BERNARD A MACDONALD
  • PTE BRUCE M MACDOANLD
  • PTE EVERETT W MACDONALD
  • PTE RAYMOND MACDONALD
  • PTE LEONARD F MACDOUGALL
  • PTE HARRY B MACEACHRON
  • [column 13/colonne 13]
  • PTE ELLIOT GORDON MACKAY (SERVED AS J M MACKAY)
  • CPL DOUGLAS H R MACLEAN
  • PTE NEIL T MCLEOD
  • PTE MURDOCH R MACMILLAN
  • PTE STEPHEN H MACPHEE
  • PTE DONALD W MACPHERSON
  • SGMN WILLIAM B MADDISON
  • VCPL JOSEPH N J C MADORE
  • SDT JEAN-P MAISONNEUVE
  • SDT JOSEPH W MAJOR
  • GNR ROBERT W MANLEY
  • PTE WALTER J MARSHALL
  • SDT JOSEPH R MARTIN
  • SDT OLIER MATHIEU
  • PTE DERRICK P MAURER
  • LCPL JERROLD N J MAXWELL
  • PTE JOHN MCHUGH
  • PTE GERALD D MCINNIS
  • PTE ANGUS W MCINNIS
  • PTE EARL A MCINTYRE
  • GNR BASIL P MCKEOWN
  •   
  •   
  •   
  • [column 14/colonne 14]
  • PTE DOUGLAS A MCKINNON
  • PTE HUGH I MCKINNON
  • SPR ALEXANDER MCNEIL
  • PTE NORMAN G MCNEIL
  • PTE WALTER C MCPHAIL
  • PTE ROY F MCPHEE
  • PTE ROBERT P MCVICAR
  • PTE JOHN C MEHAN
  • SDT JEAN R MERCIER
  • SDT JOSEPH A MERCIER
  • LIEUT GERARD B MEYNELL
  • SDT FERNAND MICHAUD
  • SDT JOSEPH N MICHAUD
  • CPL MARC HENRI MICHAUD
  • VLCPL RENÉ MICHAUD
  • PTE ROBERT E MILLAR
  • GNR EDWARD MILLER
  • PTE WALTER E MILMORE
  • PTE ALLAN G MITCHELL
  • PTE KENNETH R MONAGUE
  • SDT JEAN-PAUL MONETTE
  • PTE JACK A MONROE
  • SDT JOSEPH L A MOONDY
  •   
  • [column 15/colonne 15]
  • GNR LORNE R MOONEY
  • SDT HERMAN J MOREAU
  • PTE MAURILLE J MOREAU
  • PTE JAMES H MORFORD
  • SDT CAMILLE J MORIN
  • CPL JOSEPH A MORIN
  • CLP CLAYTON MORNINGSTAR
  • SPR FREDERICK MORRIS
  • PTE CHARLES J MORRISON
  • PTE WILLIAM E MORRISON
  • PTE STANLEY RICHARD MUDD
  • SPR WILLIAM MUIR
  • CPL FRANCIS AUSTIN MULLIN
  • PTE JAMES R MURCAR
  • PTE DANIEL J MURPHY, MM
  • GNR RALPH R MURPHY
  • PTE LAWRENCE L MURRAY
  • LCPL RICHARD A NANKERVIS
  • TPR LEONARD G NEUFIELD
  • CPL DOUGLAS L NEWELL
  • CFN NORMAN D NICHOLSON
  • CPL PETER J NOLAN
  • PTE EMILE NORMAND
  •   
  • [column 16/colonne 16]
  • PTE KENNETH W NORTON
  • PTE ROY S NYSTEDT
  • PTE KENNETH D O`BRIEN
  • PTE PATRICK W O`CONNOR
  • PTE LEONARD J O`DONNELL
  • PTE LEE HERSHEL OLIVER
  • GNR ALBERT W ORR
  • PTE JAMES O OUELLETTE
  • CLP JOSEPH N N OUELLETTE
  • GNR DAVID OWENS
  • LIEUT ALBERT E PAILLÉ
  • SDT JOSEPH A J PAQUETTE
  • SGT CHARLES A D PARENT
  • PTE ROSS R PATRICK
  • PTE EMERSON E PATTERSON
  • PTE GARLAND L PATTERSON
  • PTE GERALD PAYTON
  • PTE ROYAL BLAYNE PEARSON
  • SDT ALBERT PELLETIER
  • PTE ROLLAND PELLETIER
  • PTE DONALD W PENNEY
  • SDT THOMAS E PERRY
  • SDT THOMAS E PERRY
  • PTE LLOYD E PETERS
  • [column 17/colonne 17]
  • SDT JOSEPH S PICHÉ
  • SDT RÉGIS J PILOTE
  • PTE ROBERT A PLUMB
  • SDT JOSEPH H M POIRIER
  • CPL JOSEPH H B POIRIER
  • PTE ADAM E POLNUK
  • PTE JAMES D POOLE
  • PTE TREVOR V POTTER
  • PTE ALFRED G POUPART
  • PTE EDWARD JAMES POWER AKA JOE DOWEY KIA 12/24/52
  • CPL WYCLIFFE L PRESLEY
  • CPL JOSEPH A M P PRIEUR
  • SDT ALBERT F PROULX
  • SGT JOSEPH R R PROVOST
  • SDT JOSEPH W N PRUD`HOMME
  • SDT RAYMOND RACINE
  • PTE IAN N RAEBURN
  • SDT EDGAR J J C RAMAGE
  • SSGT WILLIAM A RATHBUN
  • CPL KENNETH R RAY
  • LCPL PATRICK G REDMOND, CD
  • PTE WILLIAMS P REGAN
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  • [column 18/colonne 18]
  • SDT ANDRÉ A RÉGIMBALD
  • RFN GEORGE P REID
  • LCL BERNARD G D RICE
  • PTE IRVINE L RICE
  • LBDR CYRIL W RICHARDS
  • SGT ROBERT H RICHARDS
  • GNR JACK F RIDDLE
  • PTE LLOYD S ROACH
  • PTE LESLIE M ROBBINS
  • PTE LOUIS C ROBERTS
  • PTE RAYMOND C ROBERTS
  • PTE GEORGE E ROBINSON
  • SDT ANTOINE R ROCHON
  • GNR BAPTISTE ROSS
  • PTE ALEXANDER ROWBOTHAM
  • SDT BENOIT ROY
  • PTE MALCOLM R ROYLES
  • PTE ROBERT A RYAN
  • PTE WARWICK C RYAN
  • CPL WILLIAM J RYAN
  • PTE ELVIN S SABEAN
  • SDT JOSEPH E H SANSCARTIER
  • LTCOL PAUL F L SARE, OBE
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  • [column 19/colonne 19]
  • PTE JOHN SAUVÉ
  • CPL ROGER B SCHOULTZ
  • CLP MELVIN H E SCHWENNEKER
  • LCPL ANDHONY E SCOTT
  • SGT CHARLES E SENÉCHAL
  • SPR BURTON F SHAW
  • SGT HENRY J D SHORE
  • PTE VERNON K SHORTREED
  • PTE TONY SIHA
  • SDT ANDRÉ SIMARD
  • LTCOL WILLIAM R J SLACK, CD
  • CFN FREDERICK SLATER
  • PTE GLENN C SMALL
  • LCPL HAROLD SMART
  • TPR JOHN F SMILLIE
  • GNR LESLIE A SNOW
  • PTE DOUGLAS E SPENCE
  • PTE PHILIP C SPENCLEY
  • TRP SAMUEL J SQUIRES
  • SDT JOSEPH V F ST-GERMAIN
  • SDT JEAN R ST-LAURENT
  • PTE RONALD STAINSBY
  • PTE DOANLD L STANLEY
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  • [column 20/colonne 20]
  • LCPL DONALD H STEER
  • PTE ROBERT M STENSETH
  • PTE LEONARD A STEWART
  • LIEUT FRANK S STILWELL
  • PTE WILLIAM A STONE
  • PTE ALAN W STOREY
  • PTE ARTHUR E STOREY
  • PTE ARTHUR E STOREY
  • PTE CHARLES L STOWE
  • PTE WILLIAM L STRACHAN
  • GNR ALBERT G STROUD
  • PTE RALPH D STROUD
  • SPR THOMAS P SUTTON
  • PTE RAYMOND R SWEENEY
  • CPL HENRY A SZLAHETKA
  • GNR TAKASHI TAKEUCHI
  • CFN RONALD H TAYLOR
  • PTE LOE J TELLIER
  • CPL EDWARD E THEOBALD
  • GNR JOSEPH THISTLE
  • GNR DONALD E THOMPSON
  • PTE AUBREY F THOMSON
  • RSM JAMES R THOMSON, CD
  • PTE THOMAS H THOVESON
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  • PTE ROBERT H G TOLVER
  • CPL JOHN RICHARD TOOLE
  • CPL WILLIAM J L TOPPING
  • PTE GEORGES TREMBLAY
  • SDT JOSEPH G TREMBLAY
  • LCPL MARCEL TREMBLAY
  • SDT PAUL EMILE TREMBLAY, 39
  • SDT PAUL-EMILE TREMBLAY, 19
  • CSM GEORGE S TRENTER
  • GNR DESMOND J TRUDEAU
  • PTE MURRAY A TRUTHWAITE
  • PTE RALPH E TURNBULL
  • SDT JOSEPH L F P VAILLANT
  • LIEUT MILTON C VIPOND
  • PTE WILLIAM J WALCH
  • TPR GORDON H WALDNER
  • PTE DONALD E WALKER
  • SGT GORDON W M WALKER
  • PTE ROBERT L WALKER
  • PTE STANLEY A WARD
  • PTE JOHN R WARREN
  • GNR JOHN E M WATSON
  • SPR LEONARD A WATSON
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  • PTE VERNON R WEATHERBEE
  • GNR CHARLES D WEBB
  • GNR CLIFFORD D WEIR
  • PTE DANIEL M WILLINGTON
  • PTE FREDERICK O WELLS
  • BDR JAMES M WENKERT
  • GNR JAMES J WHITE
  • PTE RONALD O WHITE
  • PTE FREDERICK J WHITING
  • PTE BENJAMIN E WILLIAMS
  • PTE JOHN H WILLIAMS
  • PTE ROY T WILLIAMS
  • PTE EDWARD H WILSON
  • PTE FREDERICK R WOOD
  • RSM JAMES DEANS WOOD, DCM
  • PTE THOMAS R WOODBURY
  • CPL NORMAN WOODCOCK
  • SGMN REGINALD F WOODS
  • PTE FREDERICK G WORKS
  • PTE THOMAS B WOTTON
  • PTE DEVERNE E WRIGHT
  • SPR JOHN O`HARA WRIGHT
  • GNR WILLIAM D WRIGHT
  • [column 23/colonne 23]
  • PTE LLOYD KEITH WYLIE
  • PTE JAMES R ZANTOLAS
  • PTE CARL J ZIEGLER
  •   
  • ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
  •   
  • AB ELBURNE A BAIKIE
  • AB WALLIS M BURDEN
  • OS LEON A GAUTHIER
  • AB FRANK R LAKER
  • AB VINCE LISKA
  • AB ROBERT J MOORE
  • LTCDR JOHN LOUS QUINN
  • AB ROBERT J SKAVBERG
  • AB IAN T L TORRAVILLE
  •   
  • ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
  •   
  • FLIGHT SERGEANT
  • HERBERT T MACDONELL, CD
  •   
  •   
  •   
  • [column 24/colonne 24]
  • THIS MONUMENT IS ONE OF
  • TWO DEVELOPED AND CAST IN
  • KOREA IN 2001.
  • SYMBOLICALLY, AFTER HALF A
  • CENTURY, THE BRAVE
  • CANADIANS WHO DIED IN THE
  • KOREAN WAR ARE BROUGHT
  • HOME AGAIN BY COMRADES
  • AND CARING CITIZENS.
  •   
  • THE OTHER MONUMENT IS
  • LOCATED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY IN BUSAN,
  • KOREA, WHERE 378 OF THE 516 CANADIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ARE BURIED.
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

[statue base bottom bronze ring/anneau du bas de la base en bronze de la statue]

WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU BRAVE SONS OF CANADA    À NOS BRAVES FILS CANADIENS UNE RECONNAISSANCE ÉTERNELLE

[granite base/base de granite]

[front left/devant gauche]

KOREAN GRANITE PLINTH PROVIDED
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
DEDICATED 2003

[front centre/devant centre]

(Korean translation of same text/même texte, mais écrit en coréen)

[front right/devant droit]

LE SOCLE DE GRANIT COREEN A ÉTÉ
FOURNI PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT DE
LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE EN 2003

[plaque]

[first column/première colonne]

MONUMENT TO CANADIAN FALLEN

MORE THAN 32,000 CANADIANS SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR, FROM
1950 TO 1953, AND ON SUBSEQUENT KOREAN SERVICE, FROM 1953 TO 1957.

INSCRIBED ARE THE NAMES OF 516 COURAGEOUS AND SELFLESS
CANADIANS WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND PEACE.

THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SOLDIER FACES TOWARDS BUSAN, KOREA,
WHERE AN IDENTICAL MONUMENT WATCHES OVER THE GRAVES OF
378 CANADIANS IN THE UNITED NATIONS MEMORIAL CEMETERY. THE
KOREAN CHILDREN BOTH HOLD 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.

A CANADIAN KOREAN WAR VETERAN DESIGNED THE MONUMENT,
AND CANADIAN VETERANS FROM ACROSS CANADA CONTRIBUTED
FUNDS, THE PROJECT RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE OF
CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA HAS EXPRESSED TO CANADIANS ITS
EVERLASTING GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP. CANADA HONOURS THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON LAND, ON SEA AND IN THE AIR FOR
THE SAKE OF OTHERS SO VERY FAR AWAY.

THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JEAN CHRÉTIEN, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA, AND HIS EXCELLENCY
CHANG KI-HO, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO CANADA,
ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2003.

DESIGNER: VINCENT R. COURTENAY. SCULPTOR: YOO, YOUNG MUN

[second column/deuxième colonne]

MONUMENT HONORANT
DES CANADIENS MORTS EN SERVICE

PLUS DE 32,000 CANADIENS ONT PARTICIPÉ À LA GUERRE DE CORÉE, DE 1950
À 1953, OU ONT ÉTÉ DE SERVICE EN CORÉE, DE 1953 À 1957.

LES NOMS DE 514 CANADIENS, COURAGEUX ET ALTRUISTES, QUI ONT SACRIFIÉ
LEUR VIE POUR LA PAIX ET LA LIBERTÉ, SONT INSCRITS ICI.

LE SOLDAT CANADIEN EN SERVICE VOLONTAIRE REGARDE DANS LA DIRECTION
DE BUSAN, EN CORÉE, OU UN MONUMENT IDENTIQUE SURPLOMBE LES TOMBES
DE 378 CANADIENS, DANS LE CIMETIÈRE COMMÉMORATIF DES NATIONS UNIES.
LES DEUX ENFANTS CORÉENS TIENNENT ENTRE LEURS MAINS DES SYMBOLES:
LA FILLETTE PORTE UN BOUQUET DE FEUILLES D`ÉRABLE, SYMBOLISANT LE
CANADA, ET LE GARÇON, UN BOUQUET DE FEUILLES D`ÉRABLE ET DE MAUVES
EN ARBRE, LA FLEUR NATIONALE DE LA CORÉE.

CE MONUMENT, CONÇU PAR UN ANCIEN COMBATTANT CANADIEN DE LA GUERRE
DE CORÉE, A ÉTÉ FINANCÉ EN PARTIE PAR DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
CNADIENS. LE PROJET A ÉGALEMENT REÇU L`APPUI DU PEUPLE CANADIEN
ET DU GOUVERNEMENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE.

LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE VOUE AUX CANADIENS UNE RECONNAISSANCE ET
UNE AMITIÉ ÉTERNELLES. LE CANADA REND HOMMAGE AUX PERSONNES QUI
ONT DONNÉ LEUR VIE POUR LES AUTRES, SUR TERRE, EN MER ET DANS LES
AIRS, TRÈS LOIN D`ICI.

CETTE PLAQUE A ÉTÉ INAUGURÉE LE 28 SEPTEMBRE 2003 PAR LE TRÈS
HONORABLE JEAN CHRÉTIEN, PREMIER MINISTRE DU CANADA, ET SON
EXCELLENCE CHANG KI-HO, AMBASSADEUR DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE
AU CANADA.

CONCEPTEUR: VINCENT R. COURTENAY SCULPTEUR: YOO, YOUNG MUN

[third column/troisième colonne]

(Korean translation of same text/même texte, mais écrit en coréen)

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