Canadian Military Heritage Museum of Brant County

Korea/United Nations/NATO

Korea

Over 26,000 Canadians served in Korea where
516 were lost
378 Canadians are buried in Pusan Cemetery, Korea,
16 have no known grave.
24 are buried in Japan and 93 are buried in Canada
5 are missing (drowned) lost overboard from
the destroyers Athabaskan, Cayuga and Nootka and
2 crashed in the Gulf of Alaska 21 July, 1951

Shell casing
‘From the first shot fired by Canadian Forces of the United Nations War against aggression in Yosu, Korea August, 1950 from HMCS Cayuga’

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