In the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, Korea, stands a memorial to Commonwealth soldiers whose burial places are unknown. The inscription reads:
1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: SF10453
Age: 22
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Citation: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.
Date and Place of Enlistment: December 18, 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Catherine (née McNaughton) Johnstone and William Johnstone of Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia [they married in 1924]; husband of Elva May (née Mack) Johnstone of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; father of Douglas Wayne; brother of Isabel, Eleanor, Edith Doreen and Patsy.
Commemorated on Page 34 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Lance Corporal William Edward JOHNSTONE is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
He is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War [the Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; it was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003].
1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: SF10453
Age: 22
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Citation: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.
Date and Place of Enlistment: December 18, 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Catherine (née McNaughton) Johnstone and William Johnstone of Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia [they married in 1924]; husband of Elva May (née Mack) Johnstone of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; father of Douglas Wayne; brother of Isabel, Eleanor, Edith Doreen and Patsy.
Commemorated on Page 34 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Lance Corporal William Edward JOHNSTONE is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
He is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War [the Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; it was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003].
In the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Pusan, Korea, stands a memorial to Commonwealth soldiers whose burial places are unknown. The inscription reads:
1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: SF10453
Age: 22
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Citation: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.
Date and Place of Enlistment: December 18, 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Catherine (née McNaughton) Johnstone and William Johnstone of Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia [they married in 1924]; husband of Elva May (née Mack) Johnstone of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; father of Douglas Wayne; brother of Isabel, Eleanor, Edith Doreen and Patsy.
Commemorated on Page 34 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Lance Corporal William Edward JOHNSTONE is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
He is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War [the Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; it was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003].
1950 1953
ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF MEN FROM BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED WITH MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES FIGHTING TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: SF10453
Age: 22
Force: Canadian Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Citation: Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal Korea.
Date and Place of Enlistment: December 18, 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Son of Margaret Catherine (née McNaughton) Johnstone and William Johnstone of Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia [they married in 1924]; husband of Elva May (née Mack) Johnstone of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; father of Douglas Wayne; brother of Isabel, Eleanor, Edith Doreen and Patsy.
Commemorated on Page 34 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
Lance Corporal William Edward JOHNSTONE is also remembered with honour on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
He is also commemorated on the Nova Scotia Korea War Memorial with his fellow Nova Scotians who lost their lives in the Korean War [the Memorial is located at Pleasant and Parade Streets in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; it was unveiled and dedicated in a ceremony on 16 August 2003].
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