Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gimli War Memorial (First Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)

Located in Gimli, this monument was a 1967 centennial project of the Royal Canadian Legion (Gimli Branch). This stone and brick cenotaph is dedicated to the fallen in First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. It was designed and built by a local artisan, Leonard Ciszewski.

Gimli War Memorial (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Gimli War Memorial (July 2019) Source: Darryl Toews Gimli War Memorial (September 2022) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.63149, W96.98555 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leifer Arason [108 Battalion]	Fisherman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	13 February 1918
Reginald Walter Joseph Chiswell	Clerk (retired)	Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery	Corporal	26 June 1874	27 September 1918
St. Clair Dunn [Medical College, Pharmacy, 108 Battalion]	Physician & Pharmacist	Canadian Army Medical Corps attached to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Captain	22 December 1880	9 March 1918
Baldur Kristjanson	Painter	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 October 1892	11 August 1918
Peter Olson	Fisherman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 August 1884	16 August 1918
Karl Herbert Peturson	Farmer	1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regiment	Private	1 June 1897	6 November 1918
Archibald John Polson [108 Battalion]	Clerk	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	25 November 1895	1 September 1917
Julius Stefanson [108 Battalion]	Student	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1896	9 April 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Oliver Amy Barron	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 September 1921	19 December 1941
Henry Joseph Paul Bazinet	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 January 1913	12 June 1945
Rose Beardy	2 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	31 December 1918	30 July 1944
Samuel Campbell	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	8 March 1905	19 August 1942
David Chaboyer	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	3 June 1921	13 March 1945
Marcel Chaboyer	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	4 April 1920	19 December 1941
William John Cosens	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 June 1920	27 October 1944
Leonard Victor Crate [Fisher River]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	23 January 1918	5 January 1945
Donald Laverne Crave [Armstrong]	Perth Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 May 1922	10 December 1944
Sigurjon Einarsson	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	16 December 1916	30 January 1944
Douglas Elmes	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	17 October 1921	8 August 1944
Ingvi Swain Erickson	H.M.C.S. Alberni, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Telegraphist	17 April 1923	21 August 1944
Albert Fortin	Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	18 February 1918	8 August 1944
Alexis Fortin	3 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1 May 1919	28 December 1943
John Stanley Fussey	British Columbia Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Rifleman	22 July 1919	3 March 1942
Alexander Garonski [Morris]	21 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	30 October 1914	1 March 1943
Emile Yves Genest	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 June 1924	10 October 1944
Gustave Geske	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	21 May 1920	10 December 1945
Robert Lyle Gray	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	14 March 1909	8 June 1944
John Thomas Gunson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	23 April 1919	6 June 1944
Wilfred Arthur Gunson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 November 1921	20 July 1944
Mike Haluik	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 August 1921	10 November 1944
Arthur Hibbert	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 May 1921	5 August 1944
James Stuart Higginson	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 November 1915	14 October 1944
Joseph Holiday	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	20 April 1913	10 August 1944
Morris Alexander Isfeld	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1 May 1921	25 November 1945
Herbert John Johnson	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	21 August 1919	23 May 1944
Julius Bjorn Johnson	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	4 January 1916	25 June 1943
Kristinn Gudmundur Johnson	159 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	27 December 1923	9 February 1945
Joseph Ovide Klyne	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	12 December 1920	21 October 1944
William Howard Knox	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	28 May 1920	8 August 1944
Ernest Lavallee	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 April 1920	27 February 1944
Thorhall Baldur Lifman	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	9 August 1921	18 August 1943
Percy Charles Lincoln	6 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	5 February 1911	12 July 1944
Stefan August Loftson	9 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	26 May 1923	24 February 1944
Harry Machura	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 July 1922	23 April 1945
Charles Mackie	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 January 1911	8 August 1944
Daniel Malofie	214 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	17 August 1910	3 July 1942
Arnie Paull Matheson	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	16 April 1906	14 July 1940
George Theodore Matynia	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 January 1923	26 June 1943
William McLeod	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	9 December 1920	15 August 1944
Stanley James Mercer	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 February 1916	18 August 1944
Arthur Murdock [Fisher River]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	7 March 1920	27 August 1945
Einer Roland Otter	2nd Armoured Regiment, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	18 February 1920	1 September 1944
Carl O. Overby [Woodlands]	Royal Canadian Engineers	Lance Sergeant	21 August 1919	1 April 1945
Percy Parisian [Rifles, Selkirk]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	31 July 1923	8 June 1944
Sydney Parisian [Selkirk]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	23 January 1914	2 October 1944
Victor Edwin Patton [Selkirk]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	3 November 1922	14 August 1944
Arthur Conrad Peloquin	Le Regiment de la Chaudière, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	23 May 1913	27 June 1945
Edmund Podborochinski	101 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	13 November 1921	29 December 1943
Sidney George Price	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	16 September 1911	10 October 1944
William Harry Thomas Rankel	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 April 1922	27 February 1945
Kenneth Victor Rose	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 September 1916	8 August 1944
William John Henry Rushforth	102 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	30 April 1912	17 June 1944
Charles Rychlicki [Armstrong]	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 August 1923	20 July 1944
Emery Savage	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1 October 1916	2 January 1944
Kenneth Scribe	Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 April 1921	11 October 1944
Hjalmer Sellgren [Armstrong]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 2nd Class	16 January 1922	26 August 1943
Kjartan Sigurdson [Rifles]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	6 November 1915	8 June 1944
Jean Josep Anthony “Tony” Sioux	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 April 1919	16 November 1942
Clarence Percy Skerritt	Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	25 April 1923	13 June 1944
Oscar George Solmundson	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	3 December 1912	3 April 1945
Kjartan Ari Solmundsson [City of Winnipeg]	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	27 September 1915	28 January 1944
George Spilchak Springfield	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	27 January 1922	6 June 1944
Roy David Stamm	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	20 September 1925	16 February 1945
Robert McLean Stevenson [Selkirk]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	5 October 1918	24 October 1944
Cyril Angus Stodgell	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	15 April 1921	11 September 1944
Cecil Edward Switzer	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	31 August 1921	20 April 1945
James Cory Thompson [Whitemouth]	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	Private	2 January 1911	29 January 1942
William Archie Thompson	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	29 December 1923	26 August 1944
Adolph Weidner	Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	16 August 1916	18 August 1944
John Burns Wright	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	13 January 1917	13 November 1944
Joseph Yakymiw	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	19 January 1920	22 July 1944
Edward Zadworny [Springfield]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	18 October 1922	5 July 1944

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).

We thank Tim Worth, George Penner, and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 22 January 2023

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