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A project of the Altona Optimist Club in commemoration of the Altona Centennial in 1995, the Altona and District Cenotaph was constructed in memory of casualties of the First World War and Second World War. It was moved to the present site in January 2021.
Altona War Memorial (June 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Altona War Memorial (July 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.11096, W97.56581
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Birth Date
Death Date
William Hodgson
Printer
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
1894
30 March 1918
John McPherson
Liveryman
Canadian Army Service Corps
24 March 1875
?
William Timothy Schimnowski
Harness maker
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
1889
25 October 1916
Clerk
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
16 June 1894
4 December 1915
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
John Henry Driedger
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
1922
7 December 1943
Jacob George Enns
Calgary Highlands, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1918
26 April 1945
Edward William Eppler
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1923
18 April 1944
Norman Bernard Gildemaster
Royal Canadian Air Force
Corporal
1921
14 May 1944
Gerhard Harms
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Tapper
1925
27 December 1943
Edward Heinrichs
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
RFN
1924
5 July 1944
Menno Jack Janzen
Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1924
19 February 1945
Joseph Anthony Krause
7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
1919
25 August 1942
Bernard Penner
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Private
1910
25 September 1944
John William Pieper
18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Tapper
1922
5 September 1944
John Leonard Sawatsky
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Sergeant
1915
24 May 1944
Herman Stephen Schellenberg
418 City of Edmonton Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
1915
21 November 1943
Ernest Schroeder
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1924
1 August 1944
Isaac Teichroeb
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1913
12 October 1944
“Cenotaph finds new home in Altona's park area,” PembinaValley Online, 11 January 2021.
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 Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, Glen Toews, and Tim Worth.
Page revised: 21 July 2023
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