Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Road, Dauphin)

This cemetery is situated on the southwest side of Dauphin.

On 27 August 2022, a granite monument was unveiled here to commemorate the fifteen Commonwealth Air Training Plan airmen who died while training in the area during the Second World War and who were buried in this cemetery.

Riverside Cemetery (August 2021) Source: George Penner Riverside Cemetery (August 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.13293, W100.07175 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Selwyn Fitzgerald Bradley	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	c1916	9 April 1942
Edwin Easthope	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Leading Aircraftman	c1920	29 July 1943
Neil Macmillan Glenday	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	c1920	27 July 1943
Brandon Boyce Kersey	Royal Australian Air Force	Flying Officer	c1922	19 July 1943
James Alexander Kinloch	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Leading Aircraftman	c1924	26 February 1944
Leslie Frank Lawley	Royal Australian Air Force	Pilot Officer	c1923	12 August 1943
Clement Peter Pruvot Lowe	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Sergeant	6 September 1921	2 September 1942
John Howard Montgomery McNeill	Royal Air Force	Sergeant	c1920	18 September 1942
Henry Verdun May	Royal Australian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	c1916	12 August 1943
Francis William Alexander Musto	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Leading Aircraftman	c1922	18 September 1942
Alan Ogden	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Sergeant	c1921	18 September 1942
Geoffrey Allen Payton	Royal New Zealand Air Force	Sergeant	c1923	6 January 1943
Roy Eugene Pickard	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	17 February 1920	26 February 1944
Thomas Muir Reid	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Leading Aircraftman	c1924	26 February 1944
Raymond Richardson Watterson Stephens	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Leading Aircraftman	c1920	16 March 1945

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: No. 10 Service Flying Training School / Barker Airport (RM of Dauphin)

Sources:

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

“Memorials commemorating Dauphin's World War II contributions unveiled in Manitoba,” CBC News, 28 August 2022.

We thank George Penner and Darryl Toews for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 August 2022

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