Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birnie Memorial Park (Birnie, RM of Rosedale)

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A memorial park at Birnie, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, commemorates local people killed during military service.

Birnie Memorial Park (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.44734, W99.43684 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

The following fatalities are also listed on a monument at Neepawa.

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Joseph Marian Ames	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	30 October 1917
Walter Donnelly	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	30 October 1917
John Grandison	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	9 June 1916
George Frederick Hoddinott	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	15 August 1918
Thomas Jackson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
Harry Stanley Jones MM	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1891	16 August 1917
John G. McCausland [Neepawa]	?	?	?	?	?
Harry Honeyman McFadyen [Armoury, Neepawa]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1896	17 August 1918
Ben Singleton	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 May 1917
John Austin Charles Stacey	Seaman & Diver	1st Canadian Division, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1882	16 August 1917
Gordon Henry Suddaby	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	10 November 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Frank Vernon Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lance Corporal	1923	8 June 1944
George Edward Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Corporal	1921	8 June 1944
Charles Edward Weaver	Saskatoon Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1921	9 December 1943
Frederick Murray Weaver	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons	Trooper	1922	5 September 1944
Glen Mason Weaver	405th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1919	4 May 1944

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Royal Blaine Pearson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 March 1931	7 March 1951

Sources:

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 Allan Drysdale, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2019

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