Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lac du Bonnet War Memorial (Lac du Bonnet)

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A monument in Lac du Bonnet commemorates local people who were killed during military service.

Lac du Bonnet War Memorial (September 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Lac du Bonnet War Memorial (October 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25369, W96.05860 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Albert H. Cook [Peguis]	Labourer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	7 February 1890	25 May 1915
Arthur Henry King	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1899	27 September 1918
Joseph Lavoie	Farmer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	27 August 1918
George McLeod [108 Battalion]	Hunter	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	17 November 1916
Alexander George Sinclair [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Trapper	107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	28 June 1893	3 April 1917
Joseph Lawrence Smith [Field Ambulance]	Student	192nd Northern Training Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flight Cadet	26 January 1894	17 July 1918
William Wellman [Next of Kin]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 May 1898	21 July 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Elmer Walter Blank	Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1921	28 January 1945
Joe Brezino	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1923	21 February 1945
Hans Wilfred Cederlund	8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1922	6 October 1944
Sylvio David	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1917	9 October 1944
Rene Joseph Ludger Fournier	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1922	30 October 1942
Hugh Gordon Gillespie	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	20 October 1909	14 November 1942
Edwin Harold Hendrickson	Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1914	24 March 1945
Andrew Horbatiuk	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1923	28 October 1944
Donald Thomas Hudson	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1924	7 March 1945
Roy Robert Irwin	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	22 May 1913	12 July 1944
Lucien Charles Le Vasseur	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	29 August 1920	14 October 1944
Raymond Clifford Ridge	404 Buffalo Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1922	8 March 1945
Frederick George Small	434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1917	9 October 1943
Carl Ferdinand Tinndal	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	19 September 1944
Wilfred Wood	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	27 December 1943

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 George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 15 July 2022

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