Historic Sites of Manitoba: Killarney War Memorial (Killarney, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

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A stone monument at Killarney, in the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain, was unveiled on 26 September 1926 to commemorate soldiers from the local area who were killed during military service in the First World War. It was later supplemented with casualties of the Second World War.

Dedication ceremony for the Killarney War Memorial (September 1926) Source: Jim Coleman Killarney War Memorial (September 1926) Source: Jim Coleman Killarney War Memorial (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Killarney War Memorial (September 2019) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.18246, W99.66486 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Percy Armstrong	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	4 May 1917
Desmond Robert Ashe [Armoury]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1889	8 October 1916
Henry John Bastable	Labourer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1888	8 May 1915
Arthur Albert Beck	Butcher	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	28 September 1918
Alfred Blackburn	Tailor	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	18 February 1917
Norman Boyd	Clerk	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	12 October 1917
Thomas Lewis Briggs [Killarney School, Next of Kin, Wesley College]	Student	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1895	2 October 1916
Jack Stanley Bullen	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	4 September 1916
Francis Peter Bence	Labourer	79th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	2 December 1921
Lionel Montgomery Bisney Charlton	Mechanic / Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1886	26 August 1918
Frank Collins	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	26 October 1917
Phillip Henry Cook	Osteopath & Chiropractor	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1894	26 May 1919
Alexander Cooper [Electric Railway, Next of Kin]	Conductor	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	24 July 1917
George Cormack	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	28 March 1917
Clifford Coulson [Armoury]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 February 1895	8 October 1916
Daniel Cross	Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	25 August 1915
Charles Frederick David [Killarney School]	Farmer	97th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	1 August 1889	14 August 1918
Carlbert Ewen	Automobile Expert	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	22 January 1917
Albert George Finkbeiner	Law Student	Canadian Field Artillery	Signalman	1892	17 May 1924
John Norman Graham	Labourer	Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1885	10 March 1918
A. Grant	?	?	?	?	?
George Edward Haight [Killarney School]	Drug Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 October 1896	10 November 1917
Henry Roy Halladay [Killarney School, Vimy Ridge]	Student	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1892	10 April 1917
A. Hamilton	?	?	?	?	?
James Henry Harrison	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1883	1 October 1918
Ernest Arthur Hayhoe	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1882	12 August 1918
John Thomas Hickman	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 August 1918
Thomas Edmund Howell	Tailor	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	16 September 1916
B. A. Johnston	?	?	?	?	?
E. Johnson	?	?	?	?	?
John Roy Kerr [Ninette]	Farmer	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1892	2 June 1915
Axel Renyus Carlson (Karlsson)	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 March 1890	9 April 1917
Ralph Vernon Lamb	Clerk	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	12 December 1889	22 February 1919
E. Mason	?	?	?	?	?
Jesse Harold McFadden [Armoury, Killarney School, Next of Kin, Pilot Mound, Wawanesa, Wawanesa]	Clergyman	10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	22 October 1891	16 September 1916
John McKay	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	6 October 1917
J. McColl	?	?	?	?	?
Walter Leslie Mellor	Commercial Traveller	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 April 1893	27 October 1915
Clifford James Moir [Killarney School, Manitoba College, Masonic, Next of Kin]	Student	217th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	13 March 1894	30 June 1918
George Avery Moor	Farmer	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Lance Corporal	2 January 1889	30 March 1918
Julian Moore	Rancher	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	22 April 1915
Sydney Edward Mowll	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	6 June 1916
William Gowan Watson Moxley [Killarney School]	School Teacher	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	5 July 1893	9 April 1917
William Robert Muirhead	Salesman	4th Canadian Mounted Rifles	Captain	1883	26 October 1917
Alexander N. Nicholson	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	26 October 1917
Albert Wallace Olver	Farmer	190th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force	Private	1890	6 June 1917
Lawrence Smith Opperman	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 October 1916
George Wallace Page	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	13 September 1918
William Bindon Pallant	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 February 1894	7 April 1917
Bertram Melvin Penhale	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	13 May 1917
Edward David Pergy	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	9 April 1917
David Pyper	Carpenter	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	17 November 1915
William John Ray	Telephone Instrument Man	1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	1893	4 April 1916
J. Ramsay	?	?	?	?	?
John Ellis Robbins	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	17 February 1918
William Alfred Smith	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	26 August 1918
John Cochrane Smith	Live Stock Commissioner	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1885	10 November 1917
Nelson Snyder	Steam Engineer	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	1888	30 March 1918
Gordon Frank Squires	Bank Clerk	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1893	6 November 1917
David Llewellyn Stouffer [Armoury, Cartwright]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1898	22 January 1918
Arthur Hallgath Stockwell	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	4 September 1916
Edward Sutherland	Farmer / Chauffeur	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1876	26 October 1917
William John Thompson	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	11 April 1917
John William Tidnam	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 July 1889	8 August 1915
W. H. Tidnam	?	?	?	?	?
Norman Cleland Treleaven [Bank of Hamilton, Killarney School]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 February 1898	8 August 1918
Gilbert Edward Vaughan	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	28 September 1916
A. Watson	?	?	?	?	?
Arthur White	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	26 August 1918
Reuben Frederick Wilson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	15 September 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Minor Comba	220 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	14 April 1921	14 June 1943
George Buchanan Crawford	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	30 August 1913	26 October 1946
William George Crawford	622 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 August 1920	1 June 1944
Ralph Vernon Darnell	13 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	31 January 1921	18 September 1944
James Arnold Victor David	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	30 March 1905	21 December 1941
Thomas Elmo Forster	HQ 3rd Canadian Division Signals, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Sergeant	?	23 June 1942
Donald George Henry Ireland	101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	18 January 1922	17 December 1944
Willard Vernon Ireland	101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	23 February 1925	18 June 1944
Glenn Wilfred McClelland	576 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	6 October 1923	7 January 1945
Robert Lloyd McCulloch	158 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	13 January 1919	20 December 1943
Angus Murdo MacLeod	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	31 March 1905	8 June 1944
William George Mitchell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	15 August 1915	28 June 1943
Joseph Norman O’Donnell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1 April 1905	19 November 1944
William Robert Oliver	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	26 September 1922	23 April 1944
Lawrence Alvin Powell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	29 March 1924	4 February 1944
Thomas Wilby Preston	18th Armored Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	13 July 1921	23 August 1944
Milton Ernest Randall	Royal Canadian Air Force	Corporal	19 January 1916	22 May 1945
Arthur Robert Reekie	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lance Corporal	17 October 1917	6 June 1944
James Lawrence Reynolds	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	27 May 1914	21 August 1944
Edward Isaac Thomas	2 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	24 March 1922	17 May 1944

Sources:

Reflections 1882-1982: A Community History of the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and the Town of Killarney, 1982, page 146.

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 George Penner, Jim Coleman, and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 22 December 2023

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