Korean War Naval Memorial
stele (front)
Photo Credit: Hon. Capt. (N) W.H. Wilson
Municipality/Province: Calgary, AB
Memorial Number: 48008-002
Type: Granite stele
Address: 1820-24 Street SW
Location: Calgary Branch Navy League Of Canada
GPS Coordinates: Lat: 51.03718369429337 Long: -114.11611515616985
Submitted By: Margaret Smith
Officially unveiled on 25 June 2000 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta and the Chief of the Maritime Staff, this memorial is dedicated to all Royal Canadian Navy sailors who served, and particularly to those who died, during the Korean War. It was erected by the Naval Museum of Alberta Society and the Calgary naval community.
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KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
DEDICATED TO THE NAVAL PERSONNEL WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN DESTROYERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AS A COMPONENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN KOREA CANADIAN DESTROYERS FAR EAST
HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SHIPS
ATHABASKAN
CRUSADER
HURON
NOOTKA
CAYUGA
HAIDA
IROQUOIS
SIOUX
AND TO THE MEMORY OF SHIPMATES WHO DID NOT RETURN
ABLE SEAMAN W.M. BURDEN
ABLE SEAMAN I.T.L. TORRAVILLE
ORDINARY SEAMAN L.A. GAUTHIER
ABLE SEAMAN R.J. SKAVBERG
ABLE SEAMAN R.J. MOORE
ABLE SEAMAN E.A. BAIKIE
ABLE SEAMAN F.R. LAKER
ABLE SEAMAN V. LISKA
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER J.L. QUINN
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
DEDICATED IN 2000 A.D. BY (needs further research/recherche incomplète)
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