Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tyndall War Memorial (Tyndall, RM of Brokenhead)

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This monument at Tyndall, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, was unveiled on 28 August 1921 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Tyndall War Memorial (March 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.08542, W96.66280 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Lorne Alexander Blue	Clerk	1st Battalion, Canadian Engineers	?	1893	8 February 1919
John Cachtley [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Steam Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	23 October 1917
Dennis Hartman Cox [108 Battalion]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	4 March 1892	9 April 1917
John Severns Hellgren	Labourer	11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 September 1893	28 October 1918
Wilbert John Henry [108 Battalion]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	17 August 1897	9 April 1917
Olaf Peterson Lund	Bridge Carpenter	Royal Canadian Regiment	?	1893	8 October 1916
John O’Connor [108 Battalion]	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	9 October 1895	15 August 1917
Henry Carl Slater	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1881	5 August 1917
Frank Sotterman	Well driller	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1894	28 August 1918
Frank Tetroe	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1882	26 October 1917
Hudson Walton	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1883	15 August 1917
John William Winkler	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1897	4 September 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arnold Smedley Barclay	640 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	29 November 1907	20 February 1944
Edward Arthur Lungstrum	9th Armed Regiment, British Columbia Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	21 October 1915	4 December 1944
Nestor Probizanski	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1923	11 April 1945
Antonio George Roski	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	22 May 1921	17 August 1944

Sources:

“Unveil monument to Tyndal heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 August 1921, page 3.

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 Tim Worth, Gordon Goldsborough, and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 20 December 2020

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