A monument at Swan Lake in the Municipality of Lorne was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War.
Honour rolls and a commemorative plaque for war dead from Swan Lake are displayed in the basement of the Swan Lake Hospital.
Swan Lake War Memorial (June 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
First World War honour roll for Swan Lake (June 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Second World War honour roll for Swan Lake, Indian Springs, Mariapolis, south of St. Alphonse, and south of Bruxelles (June 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Commemorative plaque for First World War and Second World War casualties (June 2023)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.41104, W98.79290
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Alfred Blake
?
?
Lance Corporal
?
?
Armand Jean George Clement Duseigne
[Next of Kin, St. Boniface]Mechanical
5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
Sapper
8 May 1892
18 March 1918
Charles Osborne Gamble
[Agricultural College]Farmer
184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 July 1896
25 July 1917
William Hogg
Farmer
8th Battalion , Canadian Infantry
Private
12 October 1883
28 April 1917
Leslie Mayo
Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
21 February 1883
28 September 1918
Michael Murphy
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 September 1876
15 August 1917
George Fredrick Roskilly
[Pilot Mound]Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 May 1897
29 June 1917
John Allan Scott
[Next of Kin]Mechanic
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
22 October 1896
18 August 1915
Robert William Shirley
[Augustine United]Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
20 December 1897
11 August 1918
Lloyd Alex Sparling
[Beaconsfield]Engineer
Canadian Field Artillery
Corporal
3 September 1886
1 March 1918
John “Jack” Waghorn
Carpenter
1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
6 March 1870
28 January 1916
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
George John Calder
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Lance Corporal
19 May 1914
30 July 1942
Newton Walter Catte
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
16 April 1923
1 September 1944
101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
21 August 1921
3 April 1942
George McPherson McDonald
[Pilot Mound]Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Lance Corporal
18 October 1912
28 August 1943
William Hugh Oakes
[Ninette]420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
11 September 1909
5 March 1945
George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove DFC
[Stonewall, Stony Mountain]Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
15 April 1917
31 August 1943
This page was prepared by Ed Grassick, Darryl Toews, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 June 2023
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