Southeast Asia Airmen Memorial
This memorial is dedicated to Canadian Airmen who died in the Second World War while flying over Southeast Asia. It was erected by the Burma Bomber Association.
Inscription
[front/devant]
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
IN MEMORY OF OUR CANADIAN AIRMEN
WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SKIES
OF SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
“THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW”
DEDICATED BY
MEMBERS OF THE BURMA BOMBER ASSOCIATION
15 AUG 1995
[rear/arrière]
EACH ONE, MAN FOR MAN, HAS WON IMPERISHABLE PRAISE,
EACH HAS GAINED A GLORIOUS GRAVE-NOT THAT
SEPULCHRE OF EARTH WHEREIN THEY LIE, BUT IN THE
LIVING TOMB OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE WHEREIN
THEIR GLORY IS ENSHRINED FOR THE WHOLE EARTH IS THE
SEPULCHRE OF HEROES. MONUMENTS MAY RISE AND
TABLETS BE SET UP FOR THEM IN THEIR OWN LAND, BUT ON
THE FAR-OFF SHORES THERE IS AN ABIDING MEMORIAL THAT
NO PEN OR CHISEL HAS TRACED. IT IS GRAVEN, NOT IN STONE
OR BRASS, BUT ON THE LIVING HEARTS OF HUMANITY. TAKE
THESE MEN AS YOUR EXAMPLE. LIKE THEM, REMEMBER
THAT PROSPERITY CAN ONLY BE FOR THE FREE THAT
FREEDOM IS THE SURE POSSESSION OF THOSE ALONE WHO
HAVE THE COURAGE TO DEFEND IT.
PERICLES (495-425 B.C.)
Southeast Asia Airmen Memorial
Ce mémorial est dédié aux aviateurs canadiens tués au-dessus de l’Asie du Sud-est pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a été érigé par la Burma Bomber Association.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.