History

Wars & Campaigns

Boer War
First World War

►►Western Front

►►Siberia
Second World War
►►War Against Japan

►►Italian Campaign
►►►Sicily

►►►Southern Italy

►►►The Sangro

►►►Battles of the FSSF

►►►Cassino

►►►Liri Valley

►►►Advance to Florence

►►►Gothic Line

►►►Winter Lines
►►North-West Europe

►►►Normandy
►►►Channel Ports

►►►Scheldt
►►►Nijmegen Salient

►►►Rhineland

►►►Final Phase
Korean War
Cold War
Gulf War

Operations 

GAUNTLET Aug 1941
HUSKY Jul 1943
OVERLORD Jun 1944
VERITABLE Feb 1945

Battle Honours

Italian Campaign

The Sangro

Ortona

Northwest Europe

Nijmegen Salient

Kapelsche Veer
The Roer

Rhineland

The Rhineland

Xanten

Final Phase

Groningen

Domestic Missions

FLQ Crisis

International Missions

ICCS

MFO

Peacekeeping

UNMOGIP

UNTSO

UNEF

UNOGIL

ONUC

UNYOM

UNTEA

UNIFCYP

DOMREP

UNIPOM

UNEFME

UNDOF

UNIFIL

UNGOMAP

UNIIMOG

UNTAG

ONUCA

UNIKOM

MINURSO

ONUSAL

UNAMIC

UNAVEM II

UNPROFOR

UNTAC

UNOSOM

ONUMOZ

UNOMUR

UNAMIR

UNMIH

UNMIBH

UNMOP

UNSMIH

MINUGUA

UNTMIH

MIPONUH

MINURCA

INTERFET

UNAMSIL

UNTAET

Exercises

 

United Nations Observer Group in Central America

United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) was a United Nations observer mission involving Canadians.

UN Mandate

To implement the Esquipulas II accords ensuring that the governments of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua had ceased providing aid to irregular forces and to monitor the peace process in the region. The mandate was enlarged in February 1990 to assist in the voluntary demobilization of the Nicaraguan resistance forces and then to monitor the cease-fire in Nicaragua.

Canadian Military Involvement

  • 9 Rotary Wing Aviation Unit (4 CH139 Jet Rangers and 4 CH135 Twin Hueys), based at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Insignia

Ninety days service with the mission between 7 Nov 1989 and 31 Jan 1992 entitled a Canadian serviceman to the ONUCA Medal. The ribbon had dark blue 6mm edge stripes and alternating green and white 1mm stripes in the centre.

A total of 350 were awarded to Canadians (106 and then 175 with the Rotary Wing reduced to 30 observers in 1990 and 24 observers in 1991).

 

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