Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oak Bluff Cemetery (RM of Macdonald)

The first burial in this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald occurred in 1892. At the entrance is a memorial to soldiers from the Oak Bluff area who were killed during service in the First World War.

Entrance to Oak Bluff Cemetery (September 2011) Source: Peter McLure Entrance to Oak Bluff Cemetery (June 2020) Source: George Penner First World War commemorative plaque at the cemetery (August 2014) Source: Darryl Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.75317, W97.30022 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Jack Brian	?	?	?	?	?
Charles Bunch	Flour Packer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	25 October 1916
William Bunch	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	11 August 1918
George Heath	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	28 September 1918
David Edward Jones	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	3 May 1917
Charles Lewis	Farmer	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	27 February 1917
Thomas Lowe	?	?	?	?	?
John Patterson	?	?	?	?	?
William Robinson	?	?	?	?	?
Robert Thompson Wastle	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1878	19 June 1920
Albert Williams	?	?	?	?	?

Sources:

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

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).

Our Heroes - Oak Bluff Cemetery - Oak Bluff MB, Waymarking.

This page was prepared by Peter McLure, Darryl Toews, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 July 2020

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