Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hamiota War Memorial (Hamiota, Municipality of Hamiota)

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A monument in Hamiota was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service. It was unveiled at a ceremony on 27 September 1921, speakers at which included MLA John H. McConnell and Brigadier-General Hugh Marshall Dyer. A set of three commemorative plaques, developed with support of Hamiota Municipality, Hamiota Lions Club, and Veterans Affairs, was dedicated in 2016.

Hamiota War Memorial (September 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Hamiota War Memorial (August 2017) Source: Neil Christoffersen Commemorative plaques erected beside the Hamiota War Memorial in 2016 (August 2017) Source: Neil Christoffersen Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.17896, W100.59498 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Eli Adams	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	10 November 1917
David Airth	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	5 September 1916
James Allan	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	21 February 1916
Herbert John Atkinson [Armoury]	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1879	10 November 1917
James Baxter	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	1 October 1916
Frederick Allan Bedford [Miniota]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	3 October 1918
Fredrick John Blakeway	Farm Labourer	16th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Sergeant	1896	31 October 1917
Frederick William Bradford [Miniota]	Student in Agriculture	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1893	23 August 1917
Henry Brandy	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	21 August 1917
Oscar Raymond Brethour	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	21 August 1917
Charles Brown	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	24 April 1916
Arthur Richard Bugby	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	13 August 1918
William Cleaver Butcher	Steam Engineer	5th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1888	21 March 1917
Edward Butler	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	1 October 1918
A. Campbell	?	?	?	?	?
William John Cockburn	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	16 August 1917
William Cottew	Well Digger	100th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	1 July 1928
John Daniel	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	9 April 1917
R. Ferguson	?	?	?	?	?
William Duncan Goodall	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	29 August 1918
George Gateson	Shoemaker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	31 August 1918
George Stanley Gray	Carpenter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1894	9 April 1917
Gordon Gregory	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	23 May 1917
Edgar Reginald “Reggie” Hames [Deloraine, Deloraine United, Lakeside]	Bank Accountant	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 November 1890	18 August 1917
Sidney Archie Hern	Farmer	2nd Division Mechanical Transport, Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	1877	9 December 1918
C. Hunt	?	?	?	?	?
Robert Charles Jamieson	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1885	30 August 1918
Charles Knight	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 May 1917
Peter Francois van der Maaten (Martin) [Roblin]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	18 September 1896	5 June 1916
Elgin Lief McConnell	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	22 November 1917
George Logan McKay	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	22 August 1917
Charles McKenzie	?	Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army	Private	1894	30 November 1925
William McKenzie	Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	18 November 1896	2 October 1916
Hugh McNair [Shoal Lake]	Farmer	11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 December 1896	25 May 1917
Jemina Catherine “Mina” Morison	Nurse	Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve	Nurse	1878	7 September 1929
Charles John Morrice	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	26 October 1917
Keith Alexander Morrison	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	28 April 1918
James Randall Munshaw	Law Student	161st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1883	22 February 1919
William Henry Nichols MM	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	21 May 1891	9 September 1916
Walter Nicholls	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	1 September 1918
George Peggs	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	16 September 1916
Thomas Phizacklea	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	15 September 1916
John Brown Pickard	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	4 June 1916
John Dewey Place	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	6 September 1917
Ephraim James Reid MM [Armoury]	Railway Conductor	13th Light Railway Operating Company, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	18 September 1885	28 March 1918
Gordon Wilfred Ross	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 August 1918
Edward Slater	Section Foreman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	28 April 1917
William George Smith	Watchmaker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1881	12 August 1918
Robert McNaught Stone	Lumber Merchant	3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery	Gunner	1885	10 October 1918
George Henry Thompson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 August 1918
Joseph Bedford Thompson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 April 1917
William Roy Thompson [Shoal Lake]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 April 1917
John Thomson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1887	31 August 1918
Alan Deane Tinsley [Oak River]	Soldier	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 March 1887	13 May 1915
George Francis Venables	Tinsmith	Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1886	8 March 1919
Cecil Wade MM	Carpenter	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 May 1889	1 September 1916
Albert Woodings	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	23 August 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Earl Dixon Brooks	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	4 January 1918	13 September 1944
Alexander Clark	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	8 May 1916	27 October 1944
Arthur Wayne Colbeck	HMCS Clayoquot, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Sub-Lieutenant	5 April 1905	24 December 1944
John Clark Fraser	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1 March 1923	22 June 1943
George R. McLaughlin	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	19 May 1917	20 December 1943
Alexander John Gammack	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	25 November 1911	25 May 1944
Donald Peter Gnutel	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 April 1920	29 April 1945
Kenneth Lavern Hanna	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	19 January 1919	28 October 1944
Frank Percival Harrison	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	7 May 1922	24 May 1943
James Frederick Kirk	458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	21 December 1920	25 February 1943
John Malcolm McCallum	166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	28 February 1923	10 April 1944
George Watson McGhee	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Corporal	26 November 1917	19 August 1942
Allan Solomon David McMurachy	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 December 1923	29 August 1944
Francis Lloyd Milburn	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 July 1919	13 June 1943
Francis Stanley Morris	Royal Canadian Artillery	Sergeant	23 October 1904	2 March 1945
George M. Norrie	8 Light Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	8 November 1915	24 September 1944
Albert Lyle Pollock	12 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force	Pilot Officer	3 March 1923	24 June 1944
James Andrew Pollock	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	26 November 1915	14 January 1943
James Earl Pulver	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	16 January 1925	4 July 1944
Jack Graydon Richardson	199 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	22 March 1922	12 March 1943
Edwin George Rothnie	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	10 January 1913	26 July 1944
Duncan Russell	3 Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	20 September 1921	22 July 1944
Melville Ernest Russell	10th Armored Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	23 August 1920	19 February 1945
James Tocher	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	17 February 1918	21 July 1944
Thomas William Trewin	406 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	2 April 1905	5 April 1945

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).

“Unveiling of the Hamiota War Memorial,” Hamiota Echo, 29 September 1921, Page 4.

We thank Neil Christoffersen for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 21 November 2021

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