This site in the Rural Municipality of Oakview was the location of the community of Moline. A monument here, erected in 1964, commemorates those from the area who were killed during military service during the First World War and the Second World War, pioneers who built a Methodist Church one mile north and one mile east of this site, and the Moline post office established in 1883. Nearby is a brick replica, built in 1990, of the two-storey brick structure of the Moline Co-op that operated here from March 1914 to 1981. Thought at the time to be the oldest Co-op in Manitoba, it was one of seven association that played a leading role in the formation of the Manitoba Co-operative Wholesale in Winnipeg in 1928. In 1958, it amalgamated with Co-ops at Cardale and Hamiota. Nearby is a monument commemorating Moline School No. 543.
An honour roll prepared by the Moline Women's Institute, commemorating Moline residents who served and were killed during military service in the First World War, is now displayed in the Rapid City Legion Hall.
Moline commemorative monuments (August 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Moline honour roll (November 2015)
Source: David FordSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18137, W100.18722
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Harold Herbert Bollman
[Rapid City]Farmer
226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
13 August 1894
20 April 1917
Victor Collins
[Durban]Bookkeeper
31st Battalion, Canada Infantry
Private
11 June 1884
24 September 1916
Robert George Cuthbertson
[Rapid City]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
19 November 1893
30 October 1918
George Richard Elliott
[Neepawa, Russell Anglican]Railroader
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 May 1897
24 October 1916
Charles Martin Gladman
Farming
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 August 1899
11 January 1920
John Rennie Greig
[Rapid City]Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
7 December 1890
20 November 1917
Victor Francis Howard Hill
[Armoury, Rapid City]Farm Labourer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
11 April 1898
29 September 1918
Frederick Mears
[Rapid City]Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1 January 1893
2 May 1918
Reuben James Underhill
[Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Rapid City]Student
Royal Air Force
Lieutenant
18 August 1890
22 February 1919
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 Gordon Goldsborough, David Ford, and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 7 April 2021
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