This site in the Rural Municipality of Oakview was the location of the community of Moline. A monument here, erected in 1964, commemorates those from the area who were killed during military service during the First World War and the Second World War, pioneers who built a Methodist Church one mile north and one mile east of this site, and the Moline post office established in 1883. Nearby is a brick replica, built in 1990, of the two-storey brick structure of the Moline Co-op that operated here from March 1914 to 1981. Thought at the time to be the oldest Co-op in Manitoba, it was one of seven association that played a leading role in the formation of the Manitoba Co-operative Wholesale in Winnipeg in 1928. In 1958, it amalgamated with Co-ops at Cardale and Hamiota. Nearby is a monument commemorating Moline School No. 543.
An honour roll prepared by the Moline Women's Institute, commemorating Moline residents who served and were killed during military service in the First World War, is now displayed in the Rapid City Legion Hall.

Moline commemorative monuments (August 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Moline honour roll (November 2015)
Source: David Ford
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18137, W100.18722 denoted by symbol on the map above
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First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Harold Herbert Bollman
[Rapid City] |
Farmer |
226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 August 1894 |
20 April 1917 |
Victor Collins
[Durban] |
Bookkeeper |
31st Battalion, Canada Infantry |
Private |
11 June 1884 |
24 September 1916 |
Robert George Cuthbertson
[Rapid City] |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
19 November 1893 |
30 October 1918 |
George Richard Elliott
[Neepawa, Russell Anglican] |
Railroader |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 May 1897 |
24 October 1916 |
Charles Martin Gladman |
Farming |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 August 1899 |
11 January 1920 |
John Rennie Greig
[Rapid City] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
7 December 1890 |
20 November 1917 |
Victor Francis Howard Hill
[Armoury, Rapid City] |
Farm Labourer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 April 1898 |
29 September 1918 |
Frederick Mears
[Rapid City] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1 January 1893 |
2 May 1918 |
Reuben James Underhill
[Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Rapid City] |
Student |
Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
18 August 1890 |
22 February 1919 |
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, David Ford, and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 7 April 2021
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