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Between the Great Wars
2 Honour Roll World War I
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Many of the young men were returning home form the 'Great War', which began on the 28th of July 1914 and finished on the 10th of November 1918, and it was a time of great joy and great sorrow. Eight of the young men did not returned. Steven Dunn, George Myall, Dick Graves, Joe Thompson, George Chase, George Graves, Rodger O'Brien and George Waltho. Some of those returning picked up where they left off while others have no record of their living in the area after World War I. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Steven Dunn Killed in Action.<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154756','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=275')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM0001000b.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Steven Dunn Killed In Action </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> George W. Myall, reported 'wounded and missing' at the Battle of the Somme Oct. 1916.<br />1915<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154757','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=273')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM0001000c.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> George W. Myall, son of Charles and Agnes Myall, enlisted in 1915 and was reported "wounded and missing" at the Battle of the Somme Oct. 1916. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Dick Graves No Record Killed in Action.<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154758','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=268')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM0001000d.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Dick Graves Killed In Action </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Joe Thompson son of Joseph and Helga killed in action..<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154860','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=277')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM00010073.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Joe Thompson son of Joseph and Helga. Killed In Action </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> John Bridal was born at Molmur, Ontario in 1882.<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#10" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154760','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=272')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM0001000f.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> John Bridal was born at Molmur, Ontario in 1882. He married Mary Alvinia McEachern in 1928 and they farmed on the east side of Mather until retiring to town in 1946. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Clarence Daly, better know as Sia.<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#12" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154761','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=209')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM00010010.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Clarence Daly, better know as Sia, worked on the home farm with his older brother Arnold until 1916 when he joined the army and went overseas. He was in the Army of Occupation while peace treaties were being signed and came home in May, 1919, when the Strike was on in Winnipeg. <br /> Sia bought a Soldier Settlement farm from the government and married Helena Robertson in !921.They had four children, Nora, Gorden, Jack and Beth who died when she was six months old. Sia sang in the choir and the children went to Sunday School which was at two P.M. and the church at three P.M.. At one time in the thirties the Sunday School had a very good orchestra and an average attendance of ninety-nine. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Arthur Douglas was born in Dauphin<br />1918<br /> Mather Manitoba Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#14" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=154762','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=205,height=266')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AECM/0001/image/storycard/AECM00010011.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000666&sl=5437&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 51);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000666&sl=5437&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 51);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000666&sl=5437&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000666&sl=5437&pos=50&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 51); </script>
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