Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Ottawa, Ontario

Memorial – 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.

Dedication – Dedicatory Panel, Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario

Inscription – Corporal CARLO ERNESTO BIGNUCOLO 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. Corporal CARLO ERNESTO BIGNUCOLO died on October 17, 1952 and is buried in YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan. Private WARWICK COLMBA RYAN, whose grave is adjacent to that of Corporal BIGNUCOLO, and Private VERNON KENNETH SHORTREED also died on this day.