Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tyndall War Memorial (Tyndall, RM of Brokenhead)

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This monument at Tyndall, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, was unveiled on 28 August 1921 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Tyndall War Memorial

Tyndall War Memorial (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.08542, W96.66280
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Lorne Alexander Blue

Clerk

1st Battalion, Canadian Engineers

?

1893

8 February 1919

John Cachtley
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion]

Steam Engineer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

23 October 1917

Dennis Hartman Cox
[108 Battalion]

Labourer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

4 March 1892

9 April 1917

John Severns Hellgren

Labourer

11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 September 1893

28 October 1918

Wilbert John Henry
[108 Battalion]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

17 August 1897

9 April 1917

Olaf Peterson Lund

Bridge Carpenter

Royal Canadian Regiment

?

1893

8 October 1916

John O’Connor
[108 Battalion]

Labourer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

9 October 1895

15 August 1917

Henry Carl Slater

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1881

5 August 1917

Frank Sotterman

Well driller

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1894

28 August 1918

Frank Tetroe

Engineer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1882

26 October 1917

Hudson Walton

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1883

15 August 1917

John William Winkler

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1897

4 September 1918

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Arnold Smedley Barclay

640 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

29 November 1907

20 February 1944

Edward Arthur Lungstrum

9th Armed Regiment, British Columbia Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

21 October 1915

4 December 1944

Nestor Probizanski

18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

1923

11 April 1945

Antonio George Roski

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

22 May 1921

17 August 1944

Sources:

“Unveil monument to Tyndal heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 August 1921, page 3.

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 Tim Worth, Gordon Goldsborough, and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 20 December 2020

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