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A monument at Garson, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, was unveiled on 25 June 1933 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.
Garson War Memorial and St. Andrew’s United Church (1940s) by Meta M. Kelly
Source: Jean Ammeter
Garson War Memorial (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Garson War Memorial (December 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.07612, W96.70440
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
George Robert Cushnie
?
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
1887
19 November 1916
W. Dunn
?
?
?
?
?
G. Hughes
?
?
?
?
?
Aaron Walter Johnson
Farm Labourer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1 July 1896
1 October 1918
Robert George Johnson
Engineer
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
1883
20 March 1915
Angus Alexander Murray
Clerk
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1893
7 April 1917
Norman Newton Murray
Electric Crane Operator
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1891
1 October 1918
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Edward Phillip Kwiatkowski
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Private
1921
26 January 1944
Gordon James Little
97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
1922
16 December 1943
John Louis Lychowich
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Rifleman
1918
8 June 1944
Alfred Martin Peterson
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Rifleman
1913
8 June 1944
Edwin Strandberg
44 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer
1923
8 April 1943
Garson Then and Now: 1890-1990 by Garson and District History Book Committee, 1990, page 43.
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).
We thank Jean Ammeter and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 7 February 2022
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