Historic Sites of Manitoba: Garson War Memorial (Garson, RM of Brokenhead)

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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 Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.07612, W96.70440 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

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

Second World War

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

Sources:

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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