United Nations Memorial Cemetery

United Nations Memorial Cemetery (UNMC or UNMCK) (재한유엔기념공원; jae hahn UN ki nyum gong won), located in Nam District, City of Busan, Republic of Korea, is a burial ground for United Nations Command casualties of Korean War.

Foundation
The cemetery was established on 18 January 1951. It was officially established by the United Nations on 15 December 1955 with the passage of UN General Assembly Resolution 977 (X). The cemetery was transferred from the UN to the Commission for the United Nations Memorial Cemetery (UNMCK) in 1973.

Memorials

 * Commonwealth Monument and Canadian Monument
 * Norwegian Memorial
 * United States Korean War Memorial – dedicated under the auspices of the American Battle Monuments Commission on 22 July 2013.

Notable graves
The cemetery contains the graves of 2,289 military personnel and 11 non-combatants. Amongst those are the graves of Bill Madden (GC) (who died as a prisoner of war), Kenneth Muir (VC) (killed in action in the Battle of Hill 282), and Philip Curtis (VC) (killed in action in the Battle of the Imjin River). Also buried is Lt. Col. Charles Hercules Green (DSO), commander of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, who was mortally wounded at Battle of Chongju and died at nearby Anju.