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A monument at Roblin, in the Municipality of Roblin, was unveiled on 11 November 1927 to commemorate people from the local area killed during military service.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Gustav “Gus” Andersen |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
23 October 1918 |
W. Arnold |
? |
? |
Private |
? |
? |
James Boucher |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
3 June 1916 |
Frank Burt |
Cabinet Maker |
13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1876 |
24 September 1916 |
Gordon Chaple |
Farmer |
107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
23 March 1917 |
George Day |
Engineer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1884 |
23 December 1916 |
Walter Day |
Clerk |
13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
24 April 1915 |
Albert Henry “Bert” Detmold |
Farmer |
107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1885 |
15 August 1917 |
Isaac John Frost |
Farmer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
2 November 1917 |
Clarence Frederick Fisher |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
29 September 1918 |
Wilfred Malahon Gascoyne |
Labourer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
9 May 1916 |
Robert Cyril Victor Gaunt |
Farmer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 May 1897 |
16 September 1916 |
Leonard Samuel Gysin |
Merchant |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
1882 |
26 September 1916 |
W. Leon Holmes |
Teamster |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
9 April 1917 |
Jake Hrynchuk |
? |
? |
Private |
? |
? |
Thomas “Tom” Irvine |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
9 May 1917 |
Jacob Kundert |
Farmer |
107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1882 |
9 December 1916 |
Roy Lindsay |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
22 November 1891 |
5 June 1916 |
George William Cobbold Lawton |
Labourer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1873 |
6 November 1917 |
Robert Henderson McCrae
[Gladstone, McCreary] |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 May 1894 |
11 November 1918 |
Neil McIntyre |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
4 January 1918 |
Peter Scot McNicol |
Labourer |
? |
Private |
1893 |
22 September 1924 |
Walter Stewart McNicol |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
9 April 1917 |
Ernest Montsion |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
29 September 1918 |
Frederick Neale |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
4 October 1916 |
Arne Novdahl |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1882 |
28 April 1917 |
Percy Spurton Rodgers |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
15 September 1916 |
James Alexander Thomas Spencer Rogers |
Farmer and ex-Fireman |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 April 1885 |
27 September 1916 |
Stanley Boote Rowles |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
28 April 1917 |
Thomas Scrimshaw
[Armoury] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
18 April 1896 |
5 September 1918 |
J. Simpson |
? |
? |
Private |
? |
? |
Frederick Arnold Smith |
Plasterer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
15 August 1917 |
Herbert Francis “Frank” Steer
[Treesbank, Wawanesa] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
10 March 1886 |
10 June 1916 |
Sergeant Joseph Hensworth Sweezey |
Barber |
107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers |
Sergeant |
1892 |
15 August 1917 |
Arthur Taylor |
Butcher |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
6 April 1916 |
Roy Eric Taylor |
Butcher |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
16 August 1917 |
Peter Francois van der Maaten (Martin)
[Hamiota] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
18 September 1896 |
5 June 1916 |
Archibald Wilmott |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1881 |
25 October 1916 |
Francis Joseph Whittam |
? |
Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army |
Second Lieutenant |
1878 |
1 July 1916 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Stephen Andronyk |
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s) |
Lance Corporal |
1921 |
9 August 1944 |
Clarence Francis Bangle |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1920 |
23 May 1944 |
John Roy Brumwell
[Tummel] |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Rifleman |
10 July 1917 |
6 September 1944 |
Herbert Thomas Burrell |
Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1919 |
18 December 1943 |
Ralph Henry Brydon |
Canadian Scottish Regiment |
Private |
1921 |
10 June 1944 |
William Burns |
431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1922 |
22 October 1943 |
G. Contois |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Alexander William Craib |
The Canadian Provost Corps |
Corporal |
1895 |
24 November 1941 |
Thomas Craib |
The Canadian Provost Corps |
Corporal |
1921 |
3 January 1944 |
Gordon Roger Crane |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1920 |
24 January 1944 |
Glen Allen Finch |
8th Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Gunner |
1908 |
7 August 1944 |
Roy Henry Freeland |
First Canadian Army Signals, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals |
Lance Corporal |
1916 |
26 December 1942 |
David Funk |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
28 July 1906 |
14 July 1944 |
James Henry Fullerton |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Rifleman |
1913 |
8 June 1944 |
Hymie Greenberg |
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals |
Signalman |
1919 |
19 December 1941 |
Mark Grozik |
Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1923 |
8 June 1944 |
John Leighton Harrison
[Flin Flon] |
Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Rifleman |
10 September 1906 |
8 June 1944 |
James Mitchell Hunter |
104 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
21 May 1916 |
11 January 1944 |
Colin Ian Jakeman |
77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1923 |
29 June 1944 |
Reginald Jarvis |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Sergeant |
1914 |
11 November 1944 |
John Edward Johnston
[Tummel] |
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
29 July 1910 |
19 August 1942 |
Stuart Ross Kelso |
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1921 |
4 December 1943 |
Clare Davidson Kines
[Tummel, Winnipeg Rifles] |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1 November 1914 |
8 June 1944 |
Gabriel David Laplante |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1918 |
25 November 1943 |
David Larocque |
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1915 |
9 March 1945 |
George Russell Large |
408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
1919 |
16 April 1945 |
David Ingles Livingston
[Tummel] |
8th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers |
Lance Corporal |
1920 |
11 November 1944 |
Frank Lupichuk |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Private |
1919 |
13 September 1944 |
John Henry Finnis Madden |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Private |
10 January 1911 |
19 August 1942 |
Walter Melnychenko |
1st Company, The Canadian Provost Corps |
Private |
1920 |
19 September 1945 |
William Nykolaishen |
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1922 |
25 July 1944 |
Charles Alexander Ritchie |
420 Snowy Owl Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1921 |
16 March 1944 |
Harry Kelso Robertson
[Tummel] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
8 December 1916 |
21 January 1942 |
Harold Rowan |
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
1908 |
8 December 1943 |
Peter Rurak |
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
1924 |
27 September 1945 |
Anthony Shymkiw |
Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1923 |
22 September 1944 |
Harry Slusar |
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1905 |
19 August 1942 |
John Allen Thompson |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
20 July 1922 |
14 July 1944 |
Francis Henry Ward |
Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Rifleman |
1912 |
11 June 1944 |
John William Whyte |
HMCS Alberni, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Able Seaman |
1913 |
21 August 1944 |
Donald Williamson Jr. |
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s) |
Private |
20 September 1921 |
1 August 1944 |
Nicholas Yaworski |
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1922 |
9 August 1944 |
Korean War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Harry Bowman Brydon |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1927 |
8 October 1951 |
Sources:
“Rev. A. E. Cousins M.C. Unveils Memorial,” Roblin Review, 17 November 1927, page 1.
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: 30 November 2019
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