Thursday 11 February 2016

Callander

 

Location:   Parry Sound District   N 46 13.390  W 79 21.810
On the corner of Landsdowne Street and High Street.
 

This good looking cenotaph is located in Peace Park, dedicated to honouring those who served their country in time of war.  The main memorial lists the men lost in the First World War, while a small plaque at the base of the memorial lists the names of those lost in the Second World War.  The Korean War is also recognized, although no one from this area was lost in that conflict.
A motion is underway in the local town council, to upgrade the current memorial by adding two additional monuments on either side of the existing memorial.  One monument would be dedicated to Fire Fighters and Police Officers.  The local legion, Branch 445, and the town have given the plan its blessing.
 



Marker text:
Main memorial:
LET WINGS OF PEACE
ENFOLD THE SWORD

TO OUR
FALLEN HEROES

JOSEPH AUBIN
RICHARD SHIELDS
WALTER S. KETTLE
LEO GROZELLE
MELVILLE McLEOD
HENRY DIXON
OSCAR BUCHANAN
DUNCAN McLEOD
WILLIAM PERRY
WILLIAM E. MORRISON
JOSEPH ROCHEFORT
JOHN BODIE SMITH
THOMAS R. NODWELL
VICTOR HEARL

ERECTED BY THIS MUNICIPALITY TO
COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES &
SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN
IN THE WAR OF
1914 - 1918
 
 

Base:
KOREA
1950 - 1953
 

Base plaque:
THEY PAID THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE  FOR KING
AND COUNTRY

R. CHARETTE
V. DUFRESNE
J. KERVIN
C. LEROY

L. MASSON
V. OUELLETTE
C. SULLIVAN

WORLD WAR II  1939 - 1945
 


Back:
LEST WE
FORGET

1939 - 1945

C. LEROY
L. MASSON
J. KERVIN
D. PIGEAU
R. CHARETTE
V. DUFRESNE
C. SULLIVAN
D. McKENZIE
V. OUELLETTE
W. CLARK
J. SAMPSON
G. O'CONNOR
A. DEMERS
D. LECLAIRE







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