Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rossburn War Memorial (Rossburn, Municipality of Rossburn)

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A monument at Rossburn, in the Municipality of Rossburn, commemorates local people who were killed during military service. It was unveiled at a ceremony on 24 June 1921 attended by Premier Tobias Crawford Norris and General Hugh Marshall Dyer.

Rossburn War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.66817, W100.81101 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Donald Christian	Farmer	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	?	1895	28 October 1917
Laurie Edwin Collins	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1889	2 September 1918
William Ernest Collins	Farmhand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1881	20 August 1917
Robert Lawson Cumming [Russell, Shoal Lake, Westminster]	Commercial Traveller	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	3 December 1888	27 November 1917
Mostyn Bernard Gay	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1885	22 May 1915
Frank Manley Jackson [Carberry]	Tinsmith and Plumber	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 March 1888	22 July 1916
Peter Oag	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 January 1882	28 June 1917
William Russell Preston	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1893	9 April 1917
Wilfred Lewis Strong	Switchman	4th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	?	1887	28 April 1917
Peter Wilson	Jockey	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1887	21 May 1916
William Woods [Russell, Russell Anglican]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 January 1883	21 June 1918
Thomas Alexander Young	Merchant	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1886	2 October 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Oswald Walter Armstrong	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1922	3 February 1945
Frederick Bidochka	2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1921	12 July 1944
Michael Bidochka	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1918	12 December 1944
William Joseph Cluff	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1917	28 April 1945
Alexander Kozack	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1918	10 October 1944
Everett William Miller	Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	8 August 1942
Grace Audrey Moulson	Women’s Division, Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftwoman	1917	12 October 1944
Henry Albert Partridge	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1920	5 March 1943
William Nelson Munro Peden	#18 Service Flying Training School, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1908	13 October 1944
Henry Piasta	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1920	22 December 1941
George Strank	14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Corporal	1921	22 February 1945
Frank Topolnitsky	Reginal Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1914	9 June 1944
Leslie Sarsfield York	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1913	22 July 1944

Sources:

“Local and general,” Shoal Lake Star, 23 June 1921, page 4.

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 4 July 2022

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