Historic Sites of Manitoba: Swan Lake War Memorial (Swan Lake, Municipality of Lorne)

A monument at Swan Lake in the Municipality of Lorne was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War.

Honour rolls and a commemorative plaque for war dead from Swan Lake are displayed in the basement of the Swan Lake Hospital.

Swan Lake War Memorial (June 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough First World War honour roll for Swan Lake (June 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Second World War honour roll for Swan Lake, Indian Springs, Mariapolis, south of St. Alphonse, and south of Bruxelles (June 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Commemorative plaque for First World War and Second World War casualties (June 2023) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.41104, W98.79290 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alfred Blake	?	?	Lance Corporal	?	?
Armand Jean George Clement Duseigne [Next of Kin, St. Boniface]	Mechanical	5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	8 May 1892	18 March 1918
Charles Osborne Gamble [Agricultural College]	Farmer	184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 July 1896	25 July 1917
William Hogg	Farmer	8th Battalion , Canadian Infantry	Private	12 October 1883	28 April 1917
Leslie Mayo	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 February 1883	28 September 1918
Michael Murphy	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 September 1876	15 August 1917
George Fredrick Roskilly [Pilot Mound]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1897	29 June 1917
John Allan Scott [Next of Kin]	Mechanic	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	22 October 1896	18 August 1915
Robert William Shirley [Augustine United]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	20 December 1897	11 August 1918
Lloyd Alex Sparling [Beaconsfield]	Engineer	Canadian Field Artillery	Corporal	3 September 1886	1 March 1918
John “Jack” Waghorn	Carpenter	1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	6 March 1870	28 January 1916

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George John Calder	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Lance Corporal	19 May 1914	30 July 1942
Newton Walter Catte	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	16 April 1923	1 September 1944
Hector Thomas Moore Cooper [Glenboro, Oakville, Plumas]	101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	21 August 1921	3 April 1942
George McPherson McDonald [Pilot Mound]	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Lance Corporal	18 October 1912	28 August 1943
William Hugh Oakes [Ninette]	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	11 September 1909	5 March 1945
George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove DFC [Stonewall, Stony Mountain]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 April 1917	31 August 1943

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This page was prepared by Ed Grassick, Darryl Toews, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 June 2023

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