Historic Sites of Manitoba: Korean War Memorial (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)

A monument in Winnipeg’s Brookside Cemetery commemorates Manitobans who lost their lives during the Korean War. On the reverse side of the monument is a list of those killed on 21 November 1950 en route to Korea from Camp Shilo, referred to as the Canoe River Accident.

Korean War Memorial (November 2016) Source: Darryl Toews Site Location (lat/long): N49.92200, W97.22489 denoted by symbol on the map above

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Walter Alexander Black	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	28 March 1926	14 November 1951
William Edwin Bruce	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	8 August 1927	23 October 1952
Harry Bowman Brydon	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 June 1927	8 October 1951
Kenneth Crompton	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	?	3 May 1953
Joseph Arthur Guy Desjardins	Royal 22e Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	23 April 1932	20 May 1953
Harold Victor Edgley	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	30 September 1920	6 June 1951
Adélard Joseph Farand	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 March 1933	19 November 1952
Norman Philip Ferland	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	8 January 1934	31 March 1954
Joseph Edmond Henri Garand	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	22 March 1930	19 November 1951
Léo Paul Gladu	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 April 1932	3 April 1951
Louis Joseph Gosselin	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	12 May 1929	22 June 1952
Reginald Archibald Hall	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	19 May 1930	4 January 1952
Alfred Ernest Roy Hansen	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	13 April 1927	25 February 1951
Allan Joseph Helman	Royal Canadian Artillery	Lance Bombardier	20 December 1932	25 April 1953
Henry Joseph Lavallee	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 August 1932	19 July 1953
Theodore Norman Letkeman	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	20 February 1927	7 March 1951
Joseph Wilfred Major	Royal 22e Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 April 1928	19 August 1952
Walter Charles McPhail	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	4 February 1925	19 March 1951
Frederick Morris	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	21 April 1910	12 June 1952
Leonard George Neufield	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armored Corps	Trooper	26 April 1927	20 August 1952
Emile Normand	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 May 1931	5 November 1951
Albert Ernest Paille	Royal 22e Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	17 November 1926	21 October 1951
Royal Blaine Pearson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 March 1931	7 March 1951
Adam Edward Polnuk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	24 April 1927	31 August 1951
Louis Charles Roberts	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	?	30 May 1951
Tony Siha	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	19 December 1921	20 March 1951
Glen Clarence Small	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	14 March 1935	14 July 1953
Donald Lee Stanley	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	?	21 June 1952
William Leslie Strachan	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	14 September 1929	30 May 1951
George Sydney Trenter	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Warrant Officer Class II	9 July 1926	11 October 1951
Murray Andrew Truthwaite	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	25 February 1933	3 May 1953
Ronald Orin White	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	5 September 1930	21 November 1951
Thomas Barry Wotton	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 April 1930	25 April 1951
Lloyd Keith Wylie	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 August 1930	7 March 1951

Canoe River Accident

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arden Joseph Atchison	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	15 May 1926	21 November 1950
Weldon Eugene Barkhouse	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	12 June 1928	21 November 1950
Norman William Carroll	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	?	21 November 1950
Frederick William Conway	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	4 November 1925	21 November 1950
Robert Arthur Craig	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	28 August 1928	21 November 1950
Austin Emery George	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	4 December 1920	21 November 1950
Urbain Joseph Levesque	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	8 June 1920	21 November 1950
Robert William Manley	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	5 May 1931	21 November 1950
Basil Patrick McKeown	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	2 April 1931	21 November 1950
Albert William Orr	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	15 February 1920	21 November 1950
David Owens	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	13 March 1931	21 November 1950
Leslie Albert Snow	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	15 September 1924	21 November 1950
Albert George Stroud	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	5 August 1928	21 November 1950
Joseph Thistle	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	20 August 1905	21 November 1950
James Milo Wenkert	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	21 October 1928	21 November 1950
James Joseph White	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	11 May 1927	21 November 1950
William David Wright	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	5 September 1930	21 November 1950

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Cemetery (3001 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 10 November 2016

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