Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Joseph Louis Roland Carrier – Lt. Joseph Louis Roland Carrier, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Photograph taken 15 March 1951, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA.

Photo of Joseph Carrier

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

Korean War Monument – 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 Monument – Lieutenant Joseph Louis Roland Carrier, Royal 22nd Regiment, 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. Lieutenant Carrier was killed on July 20,1951 and is buried in the United Nations Cemetery (Busan), South Korea. Lance Corporal Joseph Henri Bernard Poirier, Royal 22nd Regiment, was killed the same day and is buried in the grave adjacent to that of Lieutenant Carrier.