Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth War Memorial (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

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A monument in Whitemouth, in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Whitemouth War Memorial (September 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95437, W95.97840 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Howard Corregan [Assiniboia, Next of Kin]	Conductor, CPR	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	24 May 1915
John Thomas Finnie	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 June 1898	27 July 1917
Martin Jorgenson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	3 June 1917
Thomas J. Little	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	30 September 1918
John Solberg	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	21 August 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Clarence Walter Aker	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1924	14 April 1945
Paul Jack Barske	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1917	26 November 1943
Clarence D. Biebrick	North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1925	17 September 1944
Elmer W. Blank	Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1921	28 January 1945
Joseph Cooke	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1923	16 October 1944
Hugh Gordon Gillespie	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1909	14 November 1942
Donald Thomas Hudson	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1924	7 March 1945
Frank Steve Januik	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1924	10 April 1945
Benjamin Peter Kopp	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1915	10 May 1942
John Walter Kopp	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1920	21 February 1945
Mike Mandzuk	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1920	28 August 1944
Raymond Clifford Ridge	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1922	8 March 1945
Otto Ludwig Schieve	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1920	14 August 1944
James Cory Thompson [Gimli]	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	Private	2 January 1911	29 January 1942

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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).

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 6 September 2021

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