Historic Sites of Manitoba: Flin Flon War Memorial (Flin Flon)

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This monument in Flin Flon was erected in 1959 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Flin Flon War Memorial (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Flin Flon War Memorial (July 2023) Source: James Kostuchuk Commemorative plaque on the Flin Flon War Memorial (October 2023) Source: Glen Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N54.76631, W101.87396 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Stephen Andronyk	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Lance Corporal	14 June 1921	9 August 1944
Reuben Lee Aspholm	The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Signalman	31 January 1922	13 February 1945
James Sidney Attridge	The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Private	20 July 1918	2 February 1942
Maurice Jean Barbe	50 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	2 January 1912	27 January 1943
Thomas Barlow	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I / Wireless Operator / Air Gunner	28 February 1911	17 February 1944
Percival Edward Barron	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	9 March 1915	29 March 1943
Bruce Martin Berven DFM	40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	1 April 1905	17 September 1943
Henry Kendall Blueman	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	3 June 1916	19 January 1945
James Millar Brownie	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	4 January 1917	2 July 1943
Vernon William Byers	617 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	24 September 1919	17 May 1943
Elden Fleetwood Carlisle	298 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	6 May 1917	3 April 1945
George Sydney Chapman	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	16 January 1916	26 February 1945
Allan Bert Cole	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 February 1921	14 December 1944
Elwood Lincoln Coleman	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	24 May 1918	10 May 1942
Beverley Dwight Crane	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 May 1921	29 September 1942
Kenneth Davis	?	?	?	?
Roderick Joseph Digney	424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant Navigator	24 July 1914	31 March 1944
Walter Leon Dion	122 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	11 May 1919	16 March 1943
Philip Dionne	25th Canadian Tank Delivery Regiment, Elgin Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	28 February 1923	1 May 1943
Roy Harold Dow	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	24 December 1915	21 February 1945
Norman C Eccles	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	16 June 1914	21 December 1941
Sigurjon Magnus Einarson	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 January 1921	20 July 1944
Allan Roy Evans	#7 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	26 October 1920	2 October 1942
Harold Fagrie	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	7 April 1919	24 July 1944
James Bentley Ferris	400 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 October 1916	20 January 1943
Russel Leonard Finner	Regina Rifle Regiment	Lance Corporal	9 August 1912	28 September 1944
Frederick Leslie Fisher	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	23 August 1910	26 October 1944
Philip Herbert Foster (Fenster)	404 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Squadron Leader Pilot	25 March 1905	26 May 1942
Norman Albert Fradley	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	2 August 1914	24 July 1944
Roy Henry Freeland	First Canadian Army Signals, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Lance Corporal	9 November 1916	26 December 1942
Chester Gallagher	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Corporal	16 July 1914	29 August 1944
Stephen Graham Giffin	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	11 May 1922	14 April 1943
Francis Joseph Hale	62 General Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	26 February 1917	30 September 1942
John Leighton Harrison [Roblin]	Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 September 1906	8 June 1944
Ira Harry Hedman	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Private	31 October 1917	21 August 1944
George Edgar Henry	575 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	16 February 1919	18 September 1944
Milford Frank Hinds	1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	15 May 1919	30 June 1942
George Thomas Hooper	10 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	30 September 1915	3 November 1943
Raymond Graham Hume	77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	3 July 1914	21 April 1943
Kenneth Royden Jackson	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	2 June 1910	29 September 1945
Nels David Johnson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	6 January 1918	21 July 1944
Lloyd Theodore Lawson	57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1 June 1917	3 September 1941
Leslie Robert Low	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	18 February 1919	19 August 1942
Harry L Marantz	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Captain	?	14 August 1944
Frederick Joseph Matkin	106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Observer	19 November 1915	8 September 1941
William Thomas Beilby McBratney	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	11 June 1914	10 September 1942
John Gibney McCormick	172 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	5 January 1921	24 July 1943
Joseph J McCormick	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	5 January 1921	27 July 1941
Martin Neil McKay	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	13 September 1915	30 December 1941
John Stroud McLean	Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 August 1922	2 September 1944
Orest Michalkow	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	19 June 1921	12 August 1944
David Stewart Moore	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	2 December 1924	23 April 1945
Douglas Haig Moore	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	22 March 1922	18 September 1942
Hryhory “Harry Moroz	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1 December 1917	22 March 1944
Philipp Carl Neuls	Royal Canadian Air Force	Observer	12 January 1913	15 September 1942
Neville William Nisbet	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 August 1916	2 May 1945
Douglas Edwin Pearson	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 December 1918	12 October 1942
John Arthur Raven	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	30 January 1913	10 November 1943
Kenneth Fred Ray	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	20 May 1912	18 January 1943
Francis Jeremiah Ryan MM	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Sergeant	31 August 1913	6 July 1945
Edmund Anthony Sattelberger	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 March 1925	8 August 1944
Frederick William Schwartz	524 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	3 February 1911	13 July 1944
Walter Senyk	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 March 1925	2 April 1945
Russell Herman Shults	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	22 February 1919	14 December 1942
Charles Smith	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	25 September 1916	19 December 1941
Robert Basil Snyder	HMCS Stadacona, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Leading Stoker	14 February 1919	20 January 1944
Gerald Wilfred Soanes	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	2 July 1921	6 April 1945
Hugh Phair Spencer	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	2 February 1915	1 May 1943
Donald Angus Spice	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	13 June 1922	31 January 1945
Arnold Harvey Stack	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	5 November 1921	11 November 1941
James Herbert Steele	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 August 1912	17 May 1944
Robert Gordon Stevenson	HMCS Guysborough, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Stoker	16 August 1924	18 March 1945
Robert White Stockton	158 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	9 September 1910	8 November 1942
John Allan Sutherland	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	25 July 1916	27 April 1945
David Raymond Swedberg	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	6 April 1905	30 September 1944
Dean Walter Swedberg	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	21 January 1923	12 April 1944
Donald Allan Taylor	44 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	28 April 1922	22 June 1944
Leon Abraham Titof [Hebrew Sick Benefit, Shaarey Zedek]	9 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	16 September 1924	18 October 1943
Leslie Wilfred Toth	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	12 December 1916	24 November 1944
Ernest Charles Turner [Elkhorn]	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	29 October 1916	30 October 1944
Herbert Kitchener Veal	Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Craftsman	20 March 1915	19 October 1945
Lyall Wright Wotton	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 April 1905	12 August 1944
Andrew Roy Wright	75 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	19 February 1923	21 November 1944
Fred Yarush	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1 July 1918	21 November 1944
Frank Zubriski [Riverton]	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	8 July 1923	10 July 1943

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harry Bowman Brydon	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	?	?	8 October 1951
Robert Arthur Craig	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	?	?	21 November 1950
Reginald A. Cutt	HMCS Athabascan	Stoker	1931	July 1952

NATO

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Ernest G. Nomeland	Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers	Corporal	?	28 June 1953

Sources:

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 Darryl Toews, Alan Mason, James Kostuchuk, Glen Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 December 2023

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