Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altona and District War Memorial (Fourth Avenue NE, Altona)

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A project of the Altona Optimist Club in commemoration of the Altona Centennial in 1995, the Altona and District Cenotaph was constructed in memory of casualties of the First World War and Second World War. It was moved to the present site in January 2021.

Altona War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.11096, W97.56581 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Birth Date	Death Date
William Hodgson	Printer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)	1894	30 March 1918
John McPherson	Liveryman	Canadian Army Service Corps	24 March 1875	?
William Timothy Schimnowski	Harness maker	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	1889	25 October 1916
Reginald Donovan Tennant [Altona, Kelvin]	Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	16 June 1894	4 December 1915

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Henry Driedger	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1922	7 December 1943
Jacob George Enns	Calgary Highlands, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1918	26 April 1945
Edward William Eppler	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1923	18 April 1944
Norman Bernard Gildemaster	Royal Canadian Air Force	Corporal	1921	14 May 1944
Gerhard Harms	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Tapper	1925	27 December 1943
Edward Heinrichs	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	RFN	1924	5 July 1944
Menno Jack Janzen	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1924	19 February 1945
Joseph Anthony Krause	7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	1919	25 August 1942
Bernard Penner	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	1910	25 September 1944
John William Pieper	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Tapper	1922	5 September 1944
John Leonard Sawatsky	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	1915	24 May 1944
Herman Stephen Schellenberg	418 City of Edmonton Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1915	21 November 1943
Ernest Schroeder	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1924	1 August 1944
Isaac Teichroeb	Highland Light Infantry of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1913	12 October 1944

Sources:

“Cenotaph finds new home in Altona's park area,” PembinaValley Online, 11 January 2021.

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 Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 11 January 2021

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