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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sandy Lake and Area War Memorial (Sandy Lake, Municipality of Harrison Park)
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A monument in the village of Sandy Lake in the Rural Municipality of Harrison was erected in 1955-1956 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.
Sandy Lake War Memorial (July 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.52800, W100.17723
denoted by symbol on the map above
First World War
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
William Nichol Scribner
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
12 January 1918
Second World War
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Jack Eastland
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1922
20 December 1944
Stuart Holmstrom
[St. James]Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
10 May 1917
20 October 1943
Steve Prokopchuk
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Rifleman
1916
6 June 1944
Sydney William Smith
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Sergeant
1916
8 August 1944
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 collected by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, and Tim Worth.
Page revised: 30 January 2021
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