Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Endre Johannes Cleven
In memory of:
Captain Endre Johannes Cleven
July 3, 1916
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Military Service
42
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
197th Bn.
Additional Information
May 8, 1874
Skudenes, Norway
Son of Johannes Johannesen Cleven and Tugeborg Johannesen Cleven, of Skudenes, Norway; husband of Margit Cleven and father of Lillian, Endre, Harald, Alfred and Odvar of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Captain Cleven was commissioned by the Canadian Government to be in charge of Canada's Scandinavian settlement program. At the outbreak of the First World War, Cleven, ranked Captain, was appointed as the leader of three Norwegian-Canadians who were intent on organizing the 197th Battalion ("The Vikings of Canada") of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Commemorated on Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (ELMWOOD) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
L.338. S.13.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Captain Endre J. Cleven -
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Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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