Historic Sites of Manitoba: Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Old Cemetery and War Memorial (Notre Dame de Lourdes, Municipality of Lorne)

This cemetery is situated in Notre Dame de Lourdes in the Municipality of Lorne. A stone monument in the cemetery commemorates local residents who were killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War.

Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Old Cemetery (June 2020) Source: George Penner Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Old Cemetery (August 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina War memorial in the Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Old Cemetery (November 2023) Source: Darryl Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.53249, W98.55469 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Antoine Gabriel Anatole Blandin [Emerson, St. Boniface]	Farmer	282e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	17 July 1887	6 July 1915
Olivier Colliard	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 April 1896	19 August 1917
Henri Auguste Coutand [St. Boniface]	Farmer	337e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	21 June 1881	27 September 1915
Eugène Frédéric Constant Coutant [St. Boniface]	Soldier	293e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	27 October 1877	10 July 1916
Pierre Fouasse	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Lyron	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Marie Mabon [Treherne]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 August 1895	15 August 1917
Jean Mariano	?	?	?	?	?
Ernest Restiaux	?	?	?	?	?

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Gabriel Claude Fradin [Notre Dame, St. Boniface]	3 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	16 November 1924	14 August 1944
Gabriel Charles Leverrier [Notre Dame, St. Boniface]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	16 November 1917	30 July 1941
Alphonse Victor Wanlin [Notre Dame, St. Boniface]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 May 1921	10 April 1945

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic New Cemetery (Municipality of Lorne)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Notre Dame de Lourdes War Memorial (Notre Dame de Lourdes, Municipality of Lorne)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina, George Penner, Tim Worth, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 November 2023

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