Ottawa - Korean Vets Memorial

 

Location:  City of Ottawa   

N 45.419668  W -75.619007

 On Lisgar St. Beside Heritage Building (formerly a teacher's college, now part of the City Hall of Ottawa).

 

This pink granite (donated by the Republic of Korea) memorial was unveiled on July 27, 1994 at the former Ottawa City Hall on Sussex Drive.  It was moved to this present location in 1998.

Photos and description by Louise Bellec.

 

Marker text:

IN MEMORY OF THE CANADIANS
WHO ENLISTED IN THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
AND MADE THE SUPREME

SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

 

(REPEATED IN FRENCH)

1950 - 1953

THE WAR IN KOREA - LA GUERRE DE CORÉE

 

R.V. ARNOTT
D.W. BANTON
T.H. COLBOURNE
A.R. COLLINS
S.F. COWAN
L.A. EMERSON
B.P.J. FAIRFIELD

A.L. GRAY
C.A. HAYES
U.J. LÉVESQUE
H.T. MACDONNELL
J.P. MAISONNEUVE
D.P. MAURER
K.D. O'BRIEN

T.E. PERRY
J.H.B. POIRIER
W.L. PRESLEY
A.A. RÉGIMBALD
B.G.D. RICE
J.E.H. SANSCARTIER
D.M. WELLINGTON

 

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE - QUE LEUR SOUVENIR DEMEURE

 

ERECTED BY

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

UNIT OF THE KOREA VETERANS

ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
AND THE CITY OF OTTAWA

(REPEATED IN FRENCH)