CFB Petawawa Korean War Memorial Plaques

Originally erected at CFB Petawawa on 8 May 1973, this memorial to the thirty-eight dead suffered by the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, during the Korean War, was rededicated at CFB Borden on 16 October 1994.

Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED AT CFB PETAWAWA ON HILL 187 DAY, 8 MAY 1973. THE PLAQUE ITSELF MOVED WITH THE UNIT AND WAS MOUNTED WITHIN THE BATTALION LINES IN CFB BADEN AND CFB WINNIPEG. IT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF 38 MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION WHO DIED DURING THE UNIT’S SERVICE IN KOREA. IT WAS REDEDICATED AT THIS SITE ON
16 OCTOBER 1994.

(Marker / pierre tombale)

Marker text:
THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF
THE 3RD BN RCR WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN KOREA
1953 – 1954

Pte Ard, H 14 May 53
Lt Banton, DW 3 May 53
Pte Bear, M 3 May 53
Pte Burak, JN 3 May 53
Pte Chiasson, MP 3 May 53
Pte Christoff, JJ 3 May 53
Pte Clark, R 3 May 53
Pte Diehl, FA 3 May 53
Cpl Doherty, GE 12 Jul 53
Pte Everingham, DW 3 May 53
Cpl Ferlatte, JA 21 Jul 53
Pte Gallinger, PH 3 May 53
Pte Gardiner, RL 3 May 53
Pte Girard, RFT 3 May 53
Pte Grennan, RJ 3 May 53
Pte Hedderson, TJ 3 May 53
Pte Keating, JP 3 May 53
Pte Lockhart, WJ 19 Jun 53
Pte Lucas, WF 2 May 53
Cpl MacLean, DHR 3 May 53
Pte Mehan, JC 3 May 53
Lt Meynell, GB 3 May 53
Pte Morningstar, C 10 May 53
L/Cpl Nankervis, RA 1 May 53
Cpl Newell, DL 3 May 53
Pte Penney, DW 20 Jul 53
Pte Raeburn, IN 3 May 53
L/Cpl Redmond, PG 22 April 53
Pte Regan, WP 17 Jul 53
Pte Rice, IL 3 May 53
Pte Roach, LS 3 May 53
Cpl Schoultz, RB 3 May 53
Pte Spencley, PC 3 May 53
Pte Storey, AE 14 Jul 53
Cpl Topping, WJL 16 Sep 53
Sgt Walker, GWM 12 Jul 53
Pte Wellington, DM 3 May 53
Pte Woodbury, TR 3 May 53

Érigé en premier lieu à la BFC Petawawa le 8 mai 1973, ce mémorial nous rappelle au souvenir des trente-huit soldats du 3e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment qui ont péri lors de la guerre de Corée. Il a été reconsacré à la BFC Borden le 16 octobre 1994.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.