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Son of Joseph Liska and Emilie Veselous of Victoria, British Columbia.
Brother of Emil, George and half brother of Rosalie Dionne.
Husband of Carol Birdene Marcelle (nee Pinner) Liska of Victoria, British Columbia.Father of Martina and Vincent Liska.
Father of George William Liska (Mother Marguerite Whiteoak)
The Government of British Columbia posthumously named a small island and a waterway off of British Columbia's northern coast in his memory. Liska Islet and Liska Inlet, respectively. Able Seaman Liska is also commemorated on the Korean War Memorial at the Naval Museum of Alberta at HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta; the Wall of Remembrance in Ottawa, Ontario and Wall of Remembrance in Brampton, Ontario.
Able Seaman Liska served with the Canadian Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He served aboard SS Bridgeland Park (1944), S.S. Dunlop (1944) and M.S. Philae (1945)
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 42 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIAL (BUSAN) South Korea
The memorial is located in the United Nations Cemetery in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The stone memorial with bronze panels was erected to commemorate commonwealth soldiers who died and whose burial places are unknown. Twenty one Canadians are listed on the bronze plaques.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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