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This monument was erected beside the Strathclair Municipal Hall to commemorate soldiers from the Strathclair area killed during military service. It was unveiled on 22 September 1925 at a ceremony attended by Hugh Marshall Dyer.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Albert James Adamthwaite |
Printer |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1890 |
6 June 1915 |
J. Allison |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
J. Barren |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
William Joseph Blackburn
[Bank of Montreal, Oak River] |
Bank Clerk |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1896 |
15 November 1917 |
Percy Gordon Bridges |
Farm Labourer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1885 |
22 September 1916 |
Lawrence Buchanan |
Farm Labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
25 December 1917 |
Archibald Campbell |
Bank Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
10 November 1917 |
Robert Morton Crawford
[Melita] |
Store Clerk |
4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
2 June 1894 |
2 September 1918 |
F. Edwards |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Alexander Samuel Flett |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
22 August 1917 |
Solomon George Flett |
Labourer |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
16 July 1916 |
Walter Henry Girling |
Clerk |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1884 |
11 April 1917 |
George William Hepworth
[Field Ambulance, Medical College, Shoal Lake] |
Medical Student |
11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Private |
16 December 1894 |
6 July 1917 |
John William Hodgson
[Armoury] |
Labourer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 February 1889 |
26 February 1918 |
Herbert William Ross Lauder |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1894 |
26 August 1918 |
Thomas James Little |
Labourer |
4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
23 October 1891 |
5 November 1917 |
John Rosser Johnstone |
Telephone Linesman |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 November 1890 |
16 November 1915 |
Guy Kennedy |
Labour |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 March 1888 |
26 June 1916 |
John Alexander Kippen |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
19 August 1918 |
Angus Daniel McDonald
[Lakeside, Shoal Lake] |
Bank Clerk (Union Bank of Canada) |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
3 April 1898 |
8 August 1918 |
Alfred Henry Margoliouth |
Farmer |
57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps |
2nd Lieutenant |
1893 |
2 April 1917 |
Robert Menzie Morton |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
7 September 1918 |
William Oliver |
Lumberjack |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
27 July 1886 |
27 September 1918 |
John Pirie |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 March 1895 |
13 August 1918 |
David Horace Rapley |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
22 May 1917 |
Owen Roberts
[Shoal Lake] |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1875 |
15 November 1917 |
Alfred Frederick Schoemperlen |
Elevator Man |
31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
27 September 1916 |
George Owen Sparrow Jr. |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
30 October 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Herbert John Beaton |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Officer |
1915 |
5 March 1945 |
William Gavin Campbell |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
1922 |
30 April 1945 |
George Richard Glover |
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
1906 |
24 May 1944 |
Arthur Paul Haacke |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Officer |
1919 |
23 June 1944 |
Joseph Michael Hirak |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1922 |
10 April 1945 |
Stanley Frank Koscielny |
Westminster Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1921 |
23 May 1944 |
George Irvine McLean |
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
11 October 1920 |
16 December 1943 |
Allan S. D. McMurachy |
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1923 |
29 August 1944 |
William Douglas McMurachy |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1920 |
13 June 1943 |
James K. Menzies |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
1915 |
27 October 1944 |
William D. Thomas |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Rifleman |
1908 |
8 June 1944 |
G. Clifford Thorne |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
17 October 1924 |
20 September 1944 |
Lloyd D. Wellar |
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1922 |
8 March 1945 |
John Wojnarsky |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1920 |
7 January 1942 |
NATO
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
N. Gawiuk |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
? |
6 July 1954 |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Strathclair Municipal Hall (Strathclair, RM of Yellowhead)
Sources:
“Brig.-Gen. Dyer unveils memorial at Strathclair,” Free Press Prairie Farmer, 30 September 1925, 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, Darryl Toews, Allan Drysdale, and Rob McInnes.
Page revised: 3 September 2022
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