This war memorial in the Meleb-Park-Cumming Schools Reunion Park, in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, was constructed on 28 November 1998 in memory of local veterans of the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. The plaques provide information on Second World War veterans and their burial locations.
War Memorial in the Meleb-Park-Cumming Schools Reunion Park (August 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.72850, W97.22782
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Community
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Harry Louis Chartrand
Inwood
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Corporal
12 March 1918
19 August 1944
Donald Laverne Crave
[Gimli]Lilleve
Perth Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
25 May 1922
10 December 1944
Albin Lucki
Komarno
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
9 March 1915
31 May 1942
John Peterson
Sandridge
4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Gunner
19 June 1914
2 October 1944
Charles Rychlicki
[Gimli]Silver
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
15 August 1923
20 July 1944
Hjalmer Sellgren
[Gimli]Inwood
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aircraftman 2nd Class
16 January 1922
26 August 1943
Peter Shmigelsky
Komarno
502 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
1 July 1919
22 March 1943
Peter Shynkarchuk
Fraserwood
48th Highlanders of Canada
Corporal
24 July 1916
25 March 1944
Victor Gordon Smith
Inwood
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
24 May 1921
27 December 1944
Peter Trakalo
Meleb
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Lance Corporal
27 December 1917
16 August 1944
For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).
Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and Tim Worth.
Page revised: 27 September 2019
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