Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – Peace River Record Gazette Oct 27, 1944, Page 10 Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Korean War Monument – Ottawa Ontario

Korean War Monument – Detail 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 – Dedication Panel, Korean War Monument Ottawa

Inscription – Private WILLIAM JOHN AKINAM, is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel (his surname is incorrectly spelled as ACKINAM) and 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 WILLIAM JOHN AKINAM died on September 1, 1950 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is buried in the BURNSLAND CEMETERY, Calgary, Alberta.