Kitchener - C.W.A.C.

Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 26.892  W 080 28.185
In front of the Kitchener Armoury, at 350 East Avenue.

On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service. The monument has a 6'4" high bronze figure which depicts a young C.W.A.C. member as she might have looked when "stepping out" on a pass in town during her basic training course at the wartime Kitchener Training Centre. The unveiling was attended by some 1,500 C.W.A.C. veterans and relatives, the Mayor of Kitchener, the local Member of Parliament, Minister of National Defence representative, Chief of Defence Staff representative, the sculptor (André Gauthier of Orleans, Ontario) and the Artcast Inc. Foundry representatives.
*from  http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca

 

Marker text:
Front Right:
C.W.A.C.
1941-1945
 CENTRE D'ENTRAINMENT
DU SERVICE
FEMINEN DE L'ARMEE
CANADIENNE
ELLES SERVENT AVEC FIERTE

NAMED "STEPPING OUT"
BY
SCULPTOR/ARTIST COLONEL
ANDRE GAUTHIER

 

Front Left:
1941-1945
CANADIAN WOMEN'S
ARMY CORPS
TRAINING CENTRE
PROUDLY THEY SERVED

DEDICATION AND UNVEILING
MAY 5TH, 2001
BY
THE HONOURABLE HILARY WESTON
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO AND
KAREN REDMAN, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
FOR KITCHENER CENTRE

 

 

Rear Left:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WOMEN WHO
DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY
1941-1946

W22255  PTE  ALEXANDER, SELENA P.
W5019    PTE  BEAUCHEMIN, LEONNE
W10290  PTE  BURNEY, DORIS
W13584  L/CPL  BUCHANAN, EMILY
W22914  PTE  BAKER, LAURA M.
W15189  PTE  BREWSTER, WINIFRED L.
W11145  PTE  COONEY, PATRICIA J.
W11688  PTE  CONNOR, EVELYN C.
W2109   A/SGT  FOWLER, FLORENCE M.
W4781   PTE  GRANT, JEAN
W4844   PTE  HARKANS, MARY E.
W130615  PTE  HENRY, ROSELLA B.
W15063  PTE  HART, MARGARET V.

 

Rear Right:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WOMEN WHO
DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY
1941-1946

W1333   PTE  HEAVENS, BEATRICE M.
W10965  PTE  MILLAR, MARY I.
W13800  PTE  MORE, PHYLLIS E.
W6453  PTE  MUISE, MARY M.
W3440  SGT  McBRIDE, MONA E.
W13603  PTE  PUGH, ROSEMARY E.
W20488  CPL  PASSANT, THELMA F.
W13822  PTE  RENNIE, BARBARA S.
W12377  PTE  RONEY, LILLIAN I.
W21002  PTE  STEWART, EDITH M.
W130290  PTE  TREBBLE, PHYLLIS M.
W3248  CPL  WALLACE, OLIVE M.