Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oakville War Memorial (RM of Portage la Prairie)

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A monument in the Oakville Cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie commemorates soldiers from the Oakville area killed during military service.

Oakville War Memorial (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Oakville war memorial in the Oakville Cemetery (October 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.96732, W98.00955 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Joseph Herbert Bell	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	8 October 1916
William Cecil Bell	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	28 September 1918
Fred Blanchard	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 June 1916
George William Cochrane	Teacher	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	14 April 1917
Henry Stewart McIntyre [1]	Fireman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	2 September 1918
Arthur Mitchell [Portage]	Machinist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1893	3 October 1919
James Mudge	Carpenter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	1877	29 September 1918
Henry Alexander Robertson	Broker	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1888	11 May 1917
Gordon Sherritt	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	22 July 1918
Albert Simons [Portage]	Farmer	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Pioneer	1898	29 March 1917
John Guy Stewart	Steam Engineer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	9 October 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Argo [Rapid City]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	30 August 1943	29 January 1943
Thomas Cecil Bate	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	25 June 1900	26 January 1942
Morris Joseph Wilbert Choquette [Portage]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	4 August 1919	8 June 1944
Hector Thomas Moore Cooper [Glenboro, Plumas, Swan Lake]	101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	21 August 1921	3 April 1942
Archer Frederick Embury	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	6 June 1920	24 May 1944
William Favel	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 November 1920	3 March 1945
Alan Frederick James	150 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	20 June 1912	24 April 1942
Basil Jeffery	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	14 June 1919	5 April 1942
J. MacDougall	?	?	?	?
Arnold Grant Maxwell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1 June 1921	6 May 1942
George Albert McCormick	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 June 1922	19 February 1945
Allen Edward Miller	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Corporal	15 February 1919	20 July 1944
Donald Lawrence Munday	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 January 1924	25 July 1944
Ronald Kenneth Nicholson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	25 March 1924	17 June 1945
Russell F. Page	17th Duke of York’s Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	10 March 1913	14 August 1944
Edward Gordon Sherritt	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	7 April 1905	8 August 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oakville Cemetery (RM of Portage la Prairie)

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).

1. McIntyre appears to have enlisted in Portage la Prairie as Henry Stewart McIntyre (service number 425635) on 17 September 1915. He was declared “medically unfit for duty” and discharged in January 1916. He enlisted again in Winnipeg as Henry McIntyre (service number 718572) on 16 February 1916.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 24 June 2023

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