This war memorial in the Meleb-Park-Cumming Schools Reunion Park, in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, was constructed on 28 November 1998 in memory of local veterans of the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. The plaques provide information on Second World War veterans and their burial locations.
Second World War
Name |
Community |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Harry Louis Chartrand |
Inwood |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Corporal |
12 March 1918 |
19 August 1944 |
Donald Laverne Crave
[Gimli] |
Lilleve |
Perth Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
25 May 1922 |
10 December 1944 |
Albin Lucki |
Komarno |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
9 March 1915 |
31 May 1942 |
John Peterson |
Sandridge |
4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Gunner |
19 June 1914 |
2 October 1944 |
Charles Rychlicki
[Gimli] |
Silver |
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
15 August 1923 |
20 July 1944 |
Hjalmer Sellgren
[Gimli] |
Inwood |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Aircraftman 2nd Class |
16 January 1922 |
26 August 1943 |
Peter Shmigelsky |
Komarno |
502 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer Class II |
1 July 1919 |
22 March 1943 |
Peter Shynkarchuk |
Fraserwood |
48th Highlanders of Canada |
Corporal |
24 July 1916 |
25 March 1944 |
Victor Gordon Smith |
Inwood |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
24 May 1921 |
27 December 1944 |
Peter Trakalo |
Meleb |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
Lance Corporal |
27 December 1917 |
16 August 1944 |
Sources:
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, and Tim Worth.
Page revised: 27 September 2019
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