Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This coming Sunday in Darwin in my electorate, I will be attending a Legacy NT event commemorating the 74th anniversary of the Battle for Maryang San during the Korean War in 1951, where Australian, British and Canadian soldiers fought together in the United Nations command, or UN forces, supported by Kiwi artillery as well. We will present Korean Ambassador for Peace medals to the widows and families of the local veterans who served in the Korean War as an expression of appreciation from the Korean government.

The local Korean War veterans are James Theodore Clark, who served with the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment; Robert McKechnie, who was in the Korean Maintenance area; Terence James Peters, who served with my old battalion, the 3rd Battalion; and James Henry Richardson, who was killed in action in Korea in 1951, aged 27. Private Richardson is at rest in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea.

We'll also acknowledge War Widows Day on 19 October. It's where we recognise those family members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice when their loved one paid that ultimate sacrifice. Thanks to the Korean Consulate in Melbourne for providing those peace medals.

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