Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shaarey Zedek War Memorial (Main Street, Winnipeg)

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A monument in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery commemorates local persons killed during military service.

Shaarey Zedek War Memorial (July 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.94476, W97.11224 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harry W. Kaplan	Law Student	44th Wing, Royal Air Force	Cadet	23 December 1896	4 July 1918
Myer Lexier	Candy Maker	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 November 1895	23 April 1917
Albert Levinson	Law Student	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	17 March 1897	10 October 1918
Alexander Martin Lyone MM	Engineering / Survey	11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	2nd Lieutenant	1 January 1893	26 September 1917
Nathan Pereles	Clerk	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 May 1897	17 August 1918
Max Rodin	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 June 1896	29 October 1916
Harry Meyer Silverstein	Assistant Station Agent, CPR	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Cadet	23 December 1894	10 February 1918
Samuel Waskey	Printer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 January 1893	25 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Abram Arbour MC [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Warrant Officer Class II	27 July 1917	23 August 1944
Yale Berlin [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	12 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sergeant	13 January 1915	21 August 1944
Louis Blatt [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	22 August 1918	8 August 1944
Yude Brownstone [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	19 February 1924	4 July 1944
Morris Kolesky Callan [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	29 November 1917	9 November 1942
Ernest Charlet [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 April 1923	20 October 1944
James Barry Chess [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	22 October 1922	21 January 1944
Lawrence Cohen [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment	Lieutenant	5 April 1905	8 July 1944
Syd Cohen [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	5 July 1922	15 March 1943
David Charles Cramer [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	26 August 1919	6 July 1944
Samuel Jacob Donen [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II Navigator	23 September 1918	7 September 1943
William Harvey Dubinsky [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 June 1914	13 August 1944
Philip Herbert Foster [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	404 RCAF Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Squadron Leader Pilot	25 March 1905	26 May 1942
Israel Freedman [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	28 October 1922	5 July 1944
Lesa German [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	403 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	14 August 1918	30 July 1941
Joseph Gertel	North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 August 1921	8 July 1944
Alexander J. Gillman	1 Infantry Division, US Army	Private	11 June 1912	4 December 1944
M. Golden	?	?	?	?
Morris Greenberg [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	9 November 1917	19 August 1942
Samuel Grossman [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	HMCS Cornwallis, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Sailmaker	29 December 1913	30 July 1945
Robert William Harrison [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	29 October 1912	2 November 1944
Donald Lawrence Herman [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	5 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	22 March 1912	20 May 1944
Murray Kesselman [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	199 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	29 November 1921	16 September 1944
Max Kives (Keeves)	43rd Tank Battalion, 12th Armoured Division, US Army	Corporal	20 May 1923	24 March 1945
Norman Martin Krolman [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	12th Armoured Regiment, Three Rivers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lieutenant	3 July 1919	23 May 1944
Jack Lupinsky [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 March 1919	2 November 1944
Harry Louis “Harry” Marantz [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Captain	13 April 1904	14 August 1944
Moie Marder	101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	10 July 1920	30 January 1944
Melvin Maier Meyer [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	?	23 June 1943
Morris Miller [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	17 October 1914	4 February 1945
Harry Niznick [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	8th Durham Light Infantry	Lieutenant	6 April 1905	9 September 1944
Solomon Olfman	5 Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	18 October 1913	31 July 1942
Maxwell Olshansky [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	14 July 1922	12 October 1944
Lavey Paul [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	9th Armoured Regiment, British Columbia Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	2 January 1923	25 May 1944
Louis Paul [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	3rd Division Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	21 August 1914	9 August 1944
Hyman Rabkin [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	16 August 1921	2 November 1944
Harry Ratner [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	13 September 1917	25 May 1945
F. Rich [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	?	?	?	?
Hymie Irving Rivkin [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 1st Class	30 August 1915	28 August 1945
Hyman Rosenthal [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	1st Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	Lieutenant	23 October 1912	9 February 1945
Irvine Sydney Rothstein [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	75 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force	Flight Sergeant	17 September 1923	6 August 1943
Hector Bernard Rubin DFC [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant Navigator	24 June 1915	21 March 1945
Aaron Sabblut [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 January 1921	15 July 1943
John Myer Secter [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Major	8 October 1913	28 May 1944
Harry Segal [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	6 March 1918	8 June 1944
Ben-Zion Bert Shanas [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 December 1917	7 December 1943
Sam Berry Sheps [Law Society, Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Captain	4 May 1913	16 September 1944
Sydney James Shinewald [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	HMCS Guysborough, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Telegraphist	4 January 1925	18 March 1945
Charles Clifford Shnier (sibling of Max Shnier) [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer (Pilot)	5 June 1916	30 July 1943
Joseph Shore [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	10 May 1908	27 September 1944
David Jacob Shtitz [Hebrew Sick Benefit, Portage la Prairie]	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	25 November 1920	30 May 1943
Sam Chester Shusterove [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	221 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1 February 1916	23 January 1943
Robert Sirluck [Hebrew Sick Benefit, Winkler, Morden]	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 November 1922	1 March 1944
Morris Marvin Soronow [Hebrew Sick Benefit, Law Society]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lieutenant	27 March 1905	28 August 1944
Joseph Spector [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	100 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	29 April 1923	22 May 1944
William Stein [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	19 January 1924	26 February 1945
Hymie Steinberg [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	14 August 1925	19 December 1944
Max Stern [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 January 1922	27 August, 1944
Mortimer Samuel Sucharov [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	11 July 1915	2 December 1944
Jack Tass [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	7 September 1913	15 May 1944
Leon Abraham Titof [Flin Flon, Hebrew Sick Benefit]	9 Royal Air Force Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer (Air Gunner)	16 September 1924	18 October 1943
John Henry Vanular [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	190 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	22 August 1914	11 May 1945
Gordon Vinsky [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	1 December 1918	1 September 1944
Theodore Benjamin Wolch	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	23 June 1918	22 June 1942
Lone Wolinsky [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 October 1919	10 January 1944
Isador Nicholas Yudell [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	104 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	6 June 1916	6 January 1943
Hymie Yuffe [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	23 May 1923	9 December 1943
Max Zeavin [Hebrew Sick Benefit]	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 December 1918	9 March 1943

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (230 Armstrong Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

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).

We thank the Archives of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Lynn Roseman (Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada), and Shawn Axelrod for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 25 April 2021

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