Oakville Cemetery War Memorial - Oakville MB
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PeterNoG
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The Veteran Memorial is at the Oakville Cemetery on Hwy 430 1.5 km north of the Trans Canada Highway and 4 km north of Oakville, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMM9DF
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
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~ text from a plaque on the back of the monument ~
Erected and dedicated
by
Beautiful Valley / Inglewood
Curtis / Mill Creek
Elm River / Newton
Fortier / Oakville
Glengary / Salem
The Oakville Community
Armed Forces Auxiliary
1946
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
In Honor Of: The men from this community who gave their lives in the cause of freedom
Marker Text:
To the glorious memory of the men from this community who gave their lives in the cause of freedom
1914 - World War I - 1918
F. Blanchard
J. Bell
W, Bell
G. Cochrane
J. Mudge
A. Mitchell
H. McIntyre
A. Robertson
G. Sherritt
A. Simmons
J. Stewart
1939 - World War II - 1945
W. Argo
C. Bate
W. Choquette
H. Cooper
A. Embury
W. Favel
F. James
B. Jeffery
A. Miller
D. Munday
A. Maxwell
A. McCormick
J. MacDougall
R. Nicholson
R. Page
E, Sherritt
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Date of dedication: 1946
Who Put it Here?: The Oakville Community Armed Forces Auxiliary
Description of Memorial:
The memorial is consists of an upright granite block, with a large plaque on the front and a smaller plaque on the back, on a base of two more granite blocks.
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