Roland Clinton Bacon (1904.3.28. ~ 1945.3.13.), a Canadian, came to Korea in 1931. He worked as a missionary and a teacher.

Before being dispatched to the front lines, Captain Bacon taught English at a school. However, due to the oppression of the Japanese government in Korea, he had no chance but to discontinue his teaching and faced the crisis of expulsion. Instead of returning to Canada, he headed to India and participated in the war.

From October 1943 to September of the following year, Captain Bacon served as a British S.O.E officer in India, responsible for communication with the Korean Provisional Government’s Korean Liberation Army in India. He supported various activities, including psychological warfare against the enemy and document translation. He used radio broadcasts to discourage the Japanese forces and interpreted documents and maps by interrogating Japanese prisoners. Captain Bacon had a decade of experience as a missionary in Korea, which helped him during his military service.

On March 11, 1945, during the Battle of Mandalay on Burma, Captain Bacon carried out a mission. While on this mission, he and his team suddenly became trapped under heavy fire, and in an attempt to find the source of the attack, he climbed up a tree. During this action, he was wounded by gunshots and was transported to a hospital, but he passed away two days later.

During World War II, as a British liaison officer with the Korean Liberation Army, Captain Bacon was designated as the 72nd foreign independence patriot by the Republic of Korean government. In 2020, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation (Geon-guk-hun-jang), a prestigious decoration. This marked such recognition for a Canadian since 1968, after a span of 52 years.

Roland Clinton Bacon, the patriot beyond the border. Now it is your turn to complete what he had dreamed of for the better future!