OMEMEE DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL - Omemee, Ontario
N 44° 17.944 W 078° 33.594
17T E 694649 N 4907986
Located next to the town hall, this marker lists the names of those lost in both World Wars and Korea.
Waymark Code: WMC9QJ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/13/2011
Views: 5
A cannon and a WW1 German Minenwherfer(trench mortar) flank the memorial. Also in the park is a plaque honouring a local Victoria Cross recipient, Harry Brown.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War 1
World War 2
Korea
In Honor Of: Those Killed in Action
Marker Text:
THEIR SOULS LIVE ON
KILLED IN ACTION
1914-1918
BROWN HARRY, V.C.
BESTOR ROBERT
GALLAGHER WM.
GOSSELIN ALPHONSE
GREEN ALBERT
HALIDAY GEORGE
HOPKINS JAMES
HOULIHAN CYRIL
MARCH LEONARD
McAULIFFE VICTOR
McLAUGHLIN JOS.
MILLS FRED
MURTHA JAMES
PERDUE MICHAEL
POLLET GEORGE
POAST ROY
SMITH FRANK
TROTT JOSEPH
WHITEHEAD WM
KILLED IN ACTION
1939-1945
BOATE ARTHUR
BRENTON EDWIN
BRENTON KENNETH
FEE GORDON
HANBRIDGE RALPH
MAGEE LEONARD
MURRAY PETER
MURTHA JAMES
ROADHOUSE GEORGE
STEPHENSON WM.
STRAIN CLIFFORD
VEALS CLIFFORD
WELLS ERNEST
KILLED IN
ACTION
IN KOREA
GARDINER RUSSELL
Who Put it Here?: Omemee District council
Description of Memorial:
The memorial is a white marble stele, located in a small memorial park beside the Omemee town hall. It is flanked by two artillery pieces and the grounds are well manicured with shrubbery and flowers.
A plaque is also dedicated to Vitoria Cross recipient Harry Brown.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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