This cemetery is situated on the southwest side of Dauphin.
On 27 August 2022, a granite monument was unveiled here to commemorate the fifteen Commonwealth Air Training Plan airmen who died while training in the area during the Second World War and who were buried in this cemetery.
Riverside Cemetery (August 2021)
Source: George Penner
Riverside Cemetery (August 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.13293, W100.07175
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Selwyn Fitzgerald Bradley
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Leading Aircraftman
c1916
9 April 1942
Edwin Easthope
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leading Aircraftman
c1920
29 July 1943
Neil Macmillan Glenday
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Leading Aircraftman
c1920
27 July 1943
Brandon Boyce Kersey
Royal Australian Air Force
Flying Officer
c1922
19 July 1943
James Alexander Kinloch
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leading Aircraftman
c1924
26 February 1944
Leslie Frank Lawley
Royal Australian Air Force
Pilot Officer
c1923
12 August 1943
Clement Peter Pruvot Lowe
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sergeant
6 September 1921
2 September 1942
John Howard Montgomery McNeill
Royal Air Force
Sergeant
c1920
18 September 1942
Henry Verdun May
Royal Australian Air Force
Leading Aircraftman
c1916
12 August 1943
Francis William Alexander Musto
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leading Aircraftman
c1922
18 September 1942
Alan Ogden
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sergeant
c1921
18 September 1942
Geoffrey Allen Payton
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Sergeant
c1923
6 January 1943
Roy Eugene Pickard
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant
17 February 1920
26 February 1944
Thomas Muir Reid
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leading Aircraftman
c1924
26 February 1944
Raymond Richardson Watterson Stephens
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leading Aircraftman
c1920
16 March 1945
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: No. 10 Service Flying Training School / Barker Airport (RM of Dauphin)
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.
“Memorials commemorating Dauphin's World War II contributions unveiled in Manitoba,” CBC News, 28 August 2022.
We thank George Penner and Darryl Toews for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 August 2022
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