Historic Sites of Manitoba: Strathclair War Memorial (Strathclair, RM of Yellowhead)

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This monument was erected beside the Strathclair Municipal Hall to commemorate soldiers from the Strathclair area killed during military service. It was unveiled on 22 September 1925 at a ceremony attended by Hugh Marshall Dyer.

Postcard view of the Strathclair War Memorial (1920s) by C. I. Meyers Source: Rob McInnes, MN0282 Strathclair War Memorial in front of the Strathclair Municipal Hall (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.40450, W100.39395 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Albert James Adamthwaite	Printer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1890	6 June 1915
J. Allison	?	?	?	?	?
J. Barren	?	?	?	?	?
William Joseph Blackburn [Bank of Montreal, Oak River]	Bank Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	15 November 1917
Percy Gordon Bridges	Farm Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	22 September 1916
Lawrence Buchanan	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	25 December 1917
Archibald Campbell	Bank Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	10 November 1917
Robert Morton Crawford [Melita]	Store Clerk	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	2 June 1894	2 September 1918
F. Edwards	?	?	?	?	?
Alexander Samuel Flett	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	22 August 1917
Solomon George Flett	Labourer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	16 July 1916
Walter Henry Girling	Clerk	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	11 April 1917
George William Hepworth [Field Ambulance, Medical College, Shoal Lake]	Medical Student	11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	16 December 1894	6 July 1917
John William Hodgson [Armoury]	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 February 1889	26 February 1918
Herbert William Ross Lauder	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	26 August 1918
Thomas James Little	Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 October 1891	5 November 1917
John Rosser Johnstone	Telephone Linesman	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 November 1890	16 November 1915
Guy Kennedy	Labour	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1888	26 June 1916
John Alexander Kippen	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	19 August 1918
Angus Daniel McDonald [Lakeside, Shoal Lake]	Bank Clerk (Union Bank of Canada)	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1898	8 August 1918
Alfred Henry Margoliouth	Farmer	57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps	2nd Lieutenant	1893	2 April 1917
Robert Menzie Morton	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	7 September 1918
William Oliver	Lumberjack	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 July 1886	27 September 1918
John Pirie	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 March 1895	13 August 1918
David Horace Rapley	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	22 May 1917
Owen Roberts [Shoal Lake]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	15 November 1917
Alfred Frederick Schoemperlen	Elevator Man	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	27 September 1916
George Owen Sparrow Jr.	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	30 October 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Herbert John Beaton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1915	5 March 1945
William Gavin Campbell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1922	30 April 1945
George Richard Glover	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	1906	24 May 1944
Arthur Paul Haacke	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1919	23 June 1944
Joseph Michael Hirak	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	10 April 1945
Stanley Frank Koscielny	Westminster Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1921	23 May 1944
George Irvine McLean	Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 October 1920	16 December 1943
Allan S. D. McMurachy	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1923	29 August 1944
William Douglas McMurachy	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1920	13 June 1943
James K. Menzies	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1915	27 October 1944
William D. Thomas	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1908	8 June 1944
G. Clifford Thorne	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 October 1924	20 September 1944
Lloyd D. Wellar	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1922	8 March 1945
John Wojnarsky	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1920	7 January 1942

NATO

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
N. Gawiuk	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	?	6 July 1954

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Strathclair Municipal Hall (Strathclair, RM of Yellowhead)

Sources:

“Brig.-Gen. Dyer unveils memorial at Strathclair,” Free Press Prairie Farmer, 30 September 1925, page 4.

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, Darryl Toews, Allan Drysdale, and Rob McInnes.

Page revised: 3 September 2022

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