Altona and District Cenotaph

Altona, Manitoba

Type

Other

The Altona and District Cenotaph was constructed in 1995 in memory of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and dedicated on 29 July 1995. The Cenotaph was a project of the Altona-Gretna Optimist Club for Altona's Centennial in 1995. It was designed at Altona Memorials through consultation with several Veterans and the Club.

Due to a major drainage construction project in 2021 in downtown Altona, the cenotaph had to be re-located from the corner of 2nd Street NE and 4th Avenue NE. Through funding from the Town of Altona and Veterans Affairs Canada, the cenotaph was moved to its new location outside of the Millennium Exhibition Center.

Inscription

[front/devant]
Dedicated to
the memory of
Canadians who
died in the service
of their country,
and so preserved
our heritage.

WW
I
KILLED IN ACTION
PTE. CDN. ARMY
REGINALD TENNANT
DEC. 4, 1916
PTE. CDN. ARMY
JACK MCPHERSON
APRIL 24, 1916
LCE. CPL. CDN ARMY
WILLIAM SCHIMNOWSKI
OCT. 25, 1916
CPL. CDN. ARMY
WILLIAM HODGSON
MARCH 30, 1918

WW
II
KILLED IN ACTION
W./O. R.C.A.F.
JOSEPH KRAUSE
AUG. 25, 1942
FO R.C.A.F.
HERMAN SCHELLENBERG
NOV. 21, 1943
PTE. CDN. ARMY
JOHN DRIEDGER
DEC. 7, 1943
PO R.C.A.F.
EDWARD EPPLER
APRIL 18, 1944
CPL. R.C.A.F.
NORMAN GILDEMASTER
MAY 14, 1944
SGT. CDN. ARMY
JOHN SAWATZKY
MAY 24, 1944
RFN. CDN. ARMY
EDWARD HEINRICHS
JULY 5, 1944
PTE. CDN. ARMY
ERNEST SCHROEDER
AUG. 1, 1944
TPR. CDN. ARMY
JOHN PEIPER
SEPT. 5, 1944
PTE. CDN. ARMY
BERNARD PENNER
SEPT. 25, 1944
PTE. CDN. ARMY
ISAAC TEICHROEB
OCT. 12, 1944
PTE. CDN. ARMY
JACOB ENNS
APRIL 26, 1945

TPR. CDN. ARMY
GERHARD HARMS
DEC. 27, 1943

PTE. CDN. ARMY
MENNO JANZEN
FEB. 18, 1945

LEST WE FORGET

[back/arrière]
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders fields
the poppies blow
Between the crosses,
row on row,
That mark our place;
and in the sky
The larks, still bravely
singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid
the guns below.

We are the Dead.
Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn,
saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved,
and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel
with the foe:
To you from failing
hands we throw
The torch; be yours
to hold it high.
If ye break faith
with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

LT. COL. M.D.
Cdn. Army
JOHN McCRAE
1872 - 1918

DEDICATED
JULY 29 1995

[tablet/plaque]
MEMORIAL PARK

THIS CENOTAPH PROJECT
WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE
ALTONA-GRETNA OPTIMIST CLUB
FOR ALTONA'S CENTENNIAL IN 1995.
THIS PROPERTY WAS PROVIDED AND
LANDSCAPED BY THE TOWN OF ALTONA.