They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Vince Liska

 

Able Seaman, 6164-E, RCN

 

Born: 04 Dec 1921 Loucka, Kladno District, Czech Republic

 

Died: 04 Dec 1950, Port of Chinnampo, Korea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

LISKA, Vince, AB, 6164-E, RCN, died - 04 Dec 1950, HMCS CAYUGA - Son of Joseph Liska and Emilie Veselous of Victoria, BC; Brother of Emil, George and half brother of Rosalie Dionne; Husband of Carol Birdene Marcelle (nee Pinner) Liska of Victoria, BC; father of Martina and Vincent Liska; father of George William Liska (Mother Marguerite Whiteoak).

 

AB Liska was the RCN's first casualty of the Korean War.

 

The Government of British Columbia posthumously named a small island and a waterway off of British Columbia's northern coast in his memory. Liska Islet and Liska Inlet.

 

Able Seaman Liska served with the Canadian Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He served aboard SS Bridgeland Park (1944), S.S. Dunlop (1944) and M.S. Philae (1945)

 

Ships served in:

SS BRIDGELAND PARK - 1944

SS DUNLOP - 1944

MS PHILAE - 1945

HMCS CAYUGA

 

 


 

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