The first burial in this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald occurred in 1892. At the entrance is a memorial to soldiers from the Oak Bluff area who were killed during service in the First World War.
Entrance to Oak Bluff Cemetery (September 2011)
Source: Peter McLure
Entrance to Oak Bluff Cemetery (June 2020)
Source: George Penner
First World War commemorative plaque at the cemetery (August 2014)
Source: Darryl ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.75317, W97.30022
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Jack Brian
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Charles Bunch
Flour Packer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1883
25 October 1916
William Bunch
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1881
11 August 1918
George Heath
Labourer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1886
28 September 1918
David Edward Jones
Farmer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1886
3 May 1917
Charles Lewis
Farmer
200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1885
27 February 1917
Thomas Lowe
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?
?
?
?
John Patterson
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William Robinson
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Robert Thompson Wastle
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
15 November 1878
19 June 1920
Albert Williams
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?
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A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
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).
Our Heroes - Oak Bluff Cemetery - Oak Bluff MB, Waymarking.
This page was prepared by Peter McLure, Darryl Toews, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 July 2020
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