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A monument at Ninette, in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, was erected in commemoration of people from the local area killed in military service.
Ninette War Memorial (August 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40046, W99.63032
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Farmer
9th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
9 October 1883
16 November 1917
Benjamin Challen
Railroading
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
6 September 1918
Teacher
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
24 August 1890
15 October 1916
Samuel Henry Edwards
Sectionman on Railroad
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
26 September 1916
John Roy Kerr
[Killarney]Farmer
45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 December 1892
2 June 1915
James William Long
Farmer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1888
10 April 1917
Frederick Madkins
Labourer
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
1884
21 October 1918
Alexander Nicholson
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
26 October 1917
R. Nicol
?
?
?
?
?
Charles Thomas Thompson
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
8 April 1879
15 September 1916
Arthur William York
Labourer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1877
10 April 1917
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Harry Walter Hughes Adams
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
6 September 1920
28 September 1942
Roland Edward Black
103 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
3 May 1923
2 December 1943
Frederick James Butcher
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Private
23 November 1921
3 December 1943
Melvin Oliver Clisby
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Rifleman
19 August 1920
7 June 1944
Harry Douglas
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Private
16 October 1912
19 August 1942
Thomas C. Hamilton
331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, US Army Air Forces
Technical Sergeant
?
13 June 1943
Francis John Lowe
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wawanesa United]12 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
10 May 1910
26 March 1942
James Gilbert Moggey
2nd Armoured Regiment, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Corporal
29 October 1924
24 May 1944
G. McIntosh
?
?
?
?
William Hugh Oakes
[Swan Lake]420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
11 September 1909
5 March 1945
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 and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 24 June 2023
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