Historic Sites of Manitoba: Austin Cemetery and War Memorial (Municipality of North Norfolk)

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This cemetery is located across the highway from the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in the Municipality of North Norfolk. Inside the cemetery is a monument, unveiled by Admiral Wemyss of the IODE at a ceremony on 6 September 1925, that commemorates those from the Austin area killed during military service.

On 17 June 2021, a monument in the cemetery was dedicated to numerous unmarked graves in the cemetery as well as unknown people interred along the nearby Fort Ellice Trail.

Austin Cemetery (September 2016) Source: Arlene Jarema War Memorial inside the Austin Cemetery (September 2016) Source: Arlene Jarema Monument to unmarked graves in the Austin Cemetery (June 2021) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92703, W98.94991 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Joseph Ralph Bilton	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 August 1895	16 November 1917
Garnet Chester Cairns	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	26 October 1917
Lindsay Harvey Wright Cairns	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 June 1917
Reginald Frederick Dodwell [Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 December 1897	10 April 1917
Melville Douglas Duncan	Farmer	107th Canadian Pioneers	Private	1895	3 April 1917
George Edgar	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	16 October 1918
Stephen McDermott Fowles	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	19 June 1918
William Isaac Lunn	Barber	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	31 December 1916
John Pell	Farmer	15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	26 September 1916
Ernest Penrice	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 September 1918
Albert Edward Phelps	Farmer, Saddler	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	17 February 1917
Gerald Oswald Herbert Prior	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1883	19 January 1919
John Alexander Smith	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	23 May 1917
Herbert Stanley “Bert” Swan [Electric Railway, Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, St. Philips]	Electrician	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 November 1891	25 November 1916
William Julian George Swan	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	17 October 1916
Reginald Terry	Engineer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	1882	14 March 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
James Duncan Campbell	199 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1923	16 September 1944
William James Coull	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	24 August 1913	27 February 1945
Edward Miles Hughson	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1918	28 February 1945
Charles Albert Kitson	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1922	17 September 1942
James Archibald Menzies	#42 Operational Training Unit, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1916	22 February 1944
Douglas Edwin Pearson	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Private	1919	12 October 1942
Cephas Joseph Phelps	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	1917	4 April 1943
Robert Walter Russell	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Lance Corporal	1904	5 December 1944
Lloyd George Tario	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 July 1918	23 July 1944
William Alexander Younie	158 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1916	3 June 1944

Sources:

Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Austin District Honor Fallen Heroes,” MacGregor Herald, 10 September 1925, page 5.

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 Arlene Jarema for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Neil Christoffersen, Gordon Goldsborough, and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 29 June 2021

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