Jewish Canadian Veterans Memorial

Recorded history indicates that many Jewish people sacrificed their lives for Canada. They have a deep and abiding respect for their dead. One of the manifestations for this respect is their tradition of visiting the graves of loved ones, prior to the High Holy Days each year, at which time they recite the traditional prayers (Kaddish), for the dead.

The Jewish Canadian Veterans Memorial gave the families of those Canadian Jewish servicemen killed and buried in Europe or listed as missing in action, a "Matsevah" (tombstone), at which to pay respect for the beloved departed.

The memorial is designed in the shape of an artillery shell split in four parts. The four resulting columns, which are about 18 feet high, are supported at the top by a double Jewish Star which in turn is supported by a central marble column. On this column are inscribed the names of 420 Canadian Jewish soldiers buried or missing overseas.

The four outer columns each have a cut-out and stainless steel symbol. The symbols are as follows:

a) Star of David with the number 256 in the centre, honours Canadian Jewish Veterans represented by the General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion;

b) Maple Leaf, symbolic of all the Canadians who served in the Second World War;

c) Machal 48, represents those Canadians who fought in the War of Independence for the State of Israel in 1948;

d) Symbol, representing the Partisans who bravely fought against Nazis.

Source: Canadian Jewish War Veterans Memorial Park brochure. This memorial is dedicated to the Canadian Jewish war dead. It was erected by the General Wingate Branch 256 Royal Canadian Legion.

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FLYING OFFICER MARK LESLIE ABRAMSON
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN SIDNEY ACKER
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT LAWRENCE ARNOLD ALLEN, D.F.C.
SERGEANT JOHN ALTERSON
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FLYING OFFICER JOSEPH ASH
BOMBARDIER JOSEPH W. ATTIS
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LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN HARRY L. AXLER
FLIGHT SERGEANT HERMAN BACKLER
FLIGHT SERGEANT HORACE DAVID BAITTLE
SERGEANT E.H. BAKEMAN
FLIGHT SERGEANT ALEXANDER BALINSON
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GUNNER CHARLES BARRON
FLIGHT SERGEANT HYMAN BAUM
PRIVATE LOUIS BLATT
PILOT OFFICER PAUL BELKIN
TROOPER DAVID BEIGLEMAN
PRIVATE ISSIE BELL TROOPER JULIUS BENDIT
WARRANT OFFICER NATHAN LOUIS BERGER
PRIVATE MAX BERGER
PRIVATE SAMUEL BERGER
PILOT OFFICER BERNARD BERCUSON
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TROOPER MIKE BERNSTEIN
FLIGHT SERGEANT PAUL CLEVELAND BERNSTEIN
LIEUTENANT SIMEON BESEN
PRIVATE JACK BESSERMAN
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PRIVATE MURRAY IRVING BLEEMAN
FLYING OFFICER HARRY BLOCH
FLIGHT SERGEANT MANDEL BLOOMFIELD
SERGEANT HARRY J, BOCKNER
FLYING OFFICER PHILIP BOSLOY
MAJOR FRANK BOYANER
GUNNER MOE BROWN
PRIVATE ZAVE BROWN
RIFLEMAN YUDE BROWNSTONE
FLYING OFFICER SYDNEY BROWN
SERGEANT JACK LIONEL BROVENDER
LANCE CORPORAL MEYER BUBIS
FLIGHT SERGEANT MAURICE EMANUAL BUECHLER
FLIGHT SERGEANT MORRIS KOLESKY CALLAN
FUSILIER ERNEST CHARLET
SERGEANT MOSES CHARTON
SERGEANT ARTHUR DAVID CHERKINSKY
PILOT OFFICER JOSEPH CHERKINSKY
PILOT OFFICER JAMES BERRY CHESS
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PRIVATE HYMAN COHEN
PILOT OFFICER IRVING ASHTON COHEN
LIEUTENANT LAWRENCE COHEN
PRIVATE LIONEL COHEN
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT SAMUEL COHEN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) SIDNEY COHEN
TROOPER ARTHUR COLDOFF
SERGEANT JOSEPH SAMUEL CORNFIELD
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) DAVID CONTER

WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) JACK COOPER
SERGEANT MICHAEL H. CORNELL
WARRANT OFFICER JOSEPH COSOFF
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HENRY (COHEN) COWAN
TROOPER DAVID CHARLES CRAMER
SIGNALMAN ARTHUR CROTIN
LANCE BOMBARDIER WALTER JOSEPH CROTIN
FLYING OFFICER GIDEON DAVIDSON
PRIVATE DAVID DEVOR
PRIVATE MICHAEL STANISLAUS DEVRIES, D.C.M.
FLIGHT SERGEANT NAT DIUSY
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) SAMUEL JACOB DONEN
SIGNALMAN LESLIE GILBERT DOVER
PRIVATE WILLIAM HARVEY DUBINSKY
FLYING OFFICER LOUIS DURBIN
PRIVATE LEONARD ARTHUR EISENMAN
GUNNER ISSIE ELIAS
FLYING OFFICER MERVYN K. EMSIG
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN SAUL ENDELMAN
ABLE SEAMAN IRVING EPSTEIN
WARRANT OFFICER MENDEL MAX EPSTEIN
PRIVATE MUNIE ERLICK
LANCE SERGEANT JACK FAIBISH
PRIVATE NATHAN FEINSTEIN
FLIGHT SERGEANT SAMUAL FEINSTEIN
PILOT OFFICER ARNOLD LEPINE FELDMAN
PILOT OFFICER JACOB FELDMAN
FLYING OFFICER JOSEPH FELDMAN
FLIGHT SERGEANT LEONARD G. FELDMAN
SAPPER LOUIS FELDMAN
TROOPER JOSEPH FINE
TROOPER DAVE FISHER
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LANCE CORPORAL ALEX ELLIS FLEXER
SQUADRON LEADER PHIL HERBERT FOSTER
SERGEANT RALPH FRANK ISRAEL FREEDMAN
LIEUTENANT JULES FREEDMAN
PRIVATE CARL M. FRIED NATHAN FRENKELSON
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN HARRY FUNGER
JOHN ELLIOT GALT
PRIVATE SYDNEY GARBER
PILOT ALEXANDER GARALICK
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) IRVING WALTER GARFIN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) ALBERT GARSHOWITZ
PRIVATE DONALD GASKIN
SIGNALMAN JACK HYMAN GASKIN
TROOPER DAVID GELMAN
FLYING OFFICER MAX GENNIS
SERGEANT PILOT LOUIS GERMAN
GUNNER JOSEPH GERTEL
FLYING OFFICER GEORGE LYON GILBERT
PRIVATE ISADORE GIMPLE
RIFLEMAN MAURICE GLANSBERG
PILOT OFFICER HARRY GLASS, D.F.M.
PILOT OFFICER JACK GLASSBERG
SERGEANT HAROLD GLATT
FLYING OFFICER BERTRAM WILLIAM GLICKMAN
PRIVATE JOSEPH GERALD GODFREY
CORPORAL ARTHUR GOLD
FLYING OFFICER LEONARD GOLD
CORPORAL HARRY GOLDBERG
SERGEANT LOUIS GOLDBERG
FLYING OFFICER ARTHUR JACOB GOLDMAN
PRIVATE DAVID GOLDSMITH
CORPORAL JACOB GOLDSTEIN
LANCE CORPORAL PETER GOLDSTEIN
FLIGHT SERGEANT MARK GOLDWATER
SECTION OFFICER ROSE JETTE GOODMAN

PRIVATE SAMUEL GOOREVITCH
CRAFTSMAN WILLIAM GORESKY
ACTING CORPORAL REUBEN GORODETSKY
FLIGHT SERGEANT STANLEY ARTHUR GOSS
PRIVATE JOE GRAD
PRIVATE JOHN M. GRALICK
FLIGHT SERGEANT CHARLES GREEN
PRIVATE SIMON GREEN
PRIVATE SOLOMON GREEN
SIGNALMAN HYMIE GREENBERG
SERGEANT JULIUS V. GREENBERG
SERGEANT MORRIS GREENBERG
TROOPER PERCY GREENBERG
TELEGRAPHIST MOSES GREENBLATT
FLIGHT SERGEANT M. GREENSTEIN
PETTY OFFICER SAMUEL GROSSMAN
FLYING OFFICER CECIL GUREVITCH
FLIGHT SERGEANT STANLEY ARTHUR GOSS
PRIVATE JOSEPH HABERMAN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) SAMUEL HANAN
SERGEANT FRED B. HARRIS
FLYING OFFICER R.W. HARRISON
PRIVATE LEIZER HEIFETZ
SERGEANT MORTON RALPH HEINISH
FLIGHT SERGEANT DONALD LAWRENCE HERMAN
LIEUTENANT THEODORE HERMAN
FLYING OFFICER ROBERT THEODORE HOFFMAN
LIEUTENANT MURRAY HOFFMAN
CORPORAL BENJAMIN HOCKENSTEIN
GUARDSMAN GEORGE HOLDEN
GUNNER JOSEPH B. HORN
SERGEANT SAMUEL MOSES HURWITZ, D.C.M., M.M.
PRIVATE SIMON ISENSTEIN
FLYING OFFICER ABE ITTKIN
PILOT OFFICER AARON AVRON JACOBS
PILOT OFFICER DANIEL LEWIS JACOBS
PILOT OFFICER MICHAEL STEIN JACOBS
FLIGHT SERGEANT JOSEPH ALFRED JACOBSON
FLIGHT SERGEANT JACOB JENSKY
FLIGHT SERGEANT MELVIN SAMUEL KAHN
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PILOT OFFICER NORMAN KELNER
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN NORMAN KENDALL
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SERGEANT ABRAHAM KIRSCH
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT ABRAHAM LIONEL KIRSCH
FLYING OFFICER IRVING J. KIRSCHNER
FLYING OFFICER JOSEPH KLATMAN
PRIVATE HYMAN KLEIN
AIRCRAFTSMAN SAMUEL KLEIN
WARRANT OFFICER IRA IRWIN KLIMAN
FLYING OFFICER HARRY KNOBOVITCH, D.F.C.
FLIGHT SERGEANT BENJAMIN LEO KOHN
FLYING OFFICER WILLIAM KADISON KOMAIKO
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PILOT OFFICER JULIUS KRAMER
FLIGHT SERGEANT LOUIS KRIGER
PRIVATE GORDON KROFCHICK
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN JACK KUGELMASS
FLYING OFFICER SAMUEL NOAH KWINTER
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SERGEANT ARTHUR JOSEPH LASSNER
AIRCRAFTSMAN SOLOMON LAVINE
FLIGHT SERGEANT NORMAN ABRAHAM LECKIE
PILOT OFFICER PHIL LEEDS
FLYING OFFICER I. LEES
FLIGHT SERGEANT RAYMOND LESSER
FLIGHT SERGEANT ALFRED BARRETT LEVENE
PRIVATE BENJAMIN LEVINE

FLIGHT SERGEANT DAVID LEVINE
FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY EDGAR LEVINE
LIEUTENANT JOHN ORRELL LEVINE
SERGEANT SAMUEL MEYER LEVINE
FLIGHT SERGEANT SAMUEL I. LEVITT
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LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN HENRY LEVY
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SERGEANT MANUEL ZACK LEWIS
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PILOT OFFICER JACK LUPINSKY
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PRIVATE PAUL LEON MAGNER
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PILOT OFFICER CHARLES HARRY MALES
CAPTAIN JACOB BARNEY MANDEL
PILOT OFFICER MATTHEW MANK
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PILOT OFFICER LIONEL JOSEPH MORRIS
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RIFLEMAN SIDNEY OFNER
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PRIVATE LOUIS PAUL
FLYING OFFICER SAMUEL WILLIAM PECHET
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CORPORAL E. POVOL
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AIRCRAFTSMAN SAMUEL RABINOVITCH
FLYING OFFICER HYMAN RABKIN

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PRIVATE L. REIDER
PILOT OFFICER MORTIMER REGENSTRIEF
ORDINARY TELEGRAPHIST HAROLD RESNICK
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AIRCRAFTSMAN HYMAN I. RIVKIN
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FLIGHT SERGEANT A. RODD
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SERGEANT SAMUEL ROGOW
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MAX SAMUELS
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FLYING OFFICER EDWARD LEWIS SASLOVE
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PILOT OFFICER MEYER EDSEL SCHWARTZ
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN FRANK SCHWARTZ
LIEUTENANT GERALD J. SCHWARTZ
PILOT OFFICER MOSES SCHWARTZ
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN SELWYN SAUNDER SCHWARTZ
GUNNER WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
MAJOR JOHN MYER SECTER, MENTION IN DISPATCHES
RIFLEMAN HARRY SEGAL
FLYING OFFICER ROBERT SEIGLER
PRIVATE B. Z. SHANAS
LIEUTENANT DAVID SHAPIRO
FLYING OFFICER MARTIN SHAPIRO
PRIVATE NORMAN SHAPIRO
PRIVATE JOSEPH SHAPIRO
FLYING OFFICER MICHAEL SHATZKY
CAPTAIN SAM HARRY SHEPS
WARRANT OFFICER MURRAY SHERMAN
TELEGRAPHER SYDNEY JAMES SHINEWALD
FLYING OFFICER CLIFFORD CHARLES SHNIER
RIFLEMAN JOSEPH SHORE
FLIGHT SERGEANT DAVID JACOB SHTITZ
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) JOSEPH SHULMAN
SERGEANT PHILIP MURRAY SHULMAN
FLYING OFFICER SAM CHESTER SHUSTEROVE
FLYING OFFICER MAX SHVERMAR
SERGEANT JOSEPH DAVID SHYKOFF
PILOT OFFICER HAROLD SIGAL
FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY B. SIGEL
PRIVATE H. SILVER
FLIGHT SERGEANT SAMUEL LEWIS SILVER
TROOPER FRANK SILVERBERG
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) JACK SILVERSTEIN, MENTION IN DISPATCHES
PILOT OFFICER JACOB HARRY SINGER
SERGEANT EDWARD DAVID SIMON
PILOT OFFICER ROBERT SIRLUCK




PRIVATE PAUL A. SKLUT
FLIGHT SERGEANT DAVID SLABOTSKY
DR. LOUIS SLOTIN
PRIVATE SIDNEY SLOVER
PILOT OFFICER DAVID SMITH
PRIVATE LEO SMITH
PILOT OFFICER MITCHEL SMITH
FLIGHT SERGEANT HAROLD SOBEL
PRIVATE BENJAMIN SOLOWAY
FLYING OFFICER LOU WARREN SOMERS
FLYING OFFICER MURRAY SONSHINE
PILOT OFFICER SANFORD SOOMSKY
LIEUTENANT MORRIS MARVIN SORONOW
FLYING OFFICER JOSEPH SPECTOR
PILOT OFFICER SAMUEL SPECTOR
PILOT OFFICER JACK SPEVAK
FLYING OFFICER LLOYD G. SPEYER
WARRANT OFFICER JULIUS JACK SPIEGEL
CORPORAL RICHARD KENILWORTH STEELE
SERGEANT ISADORE STEIN
CORPORAL WILFRID STEIN
PRIVATE WILLIAM STEIN
CAPTAIN ABRAHAM STEINBERG
FLYING OFFICER GORDON STEINBERG
PILOT OFFICER HYMIE STEINBERG
LIEUTENANT MITCHEL STERLIN
PRIVATE JOSEPH H. STERN
PILOT OFFICER MAX STERN
FLYING OFFICER MORELY BERNARD STOCK
SERGEANT BENNIE STROMBERG
FLYING OFFICER MAURICE STROSBERG
SIGNALMAN ISSIE STURM
FLYING OFFICER MAX S. SUCHAROV
FLYING OFFICER BENJAMIN SYDNEY SUSSMAN
RIFLEMAN NATHAN TAFLER
FLYING OFFICER SYDNEY A.TAFLER
WARRANT OFFICER JACK TASS
SERGEANT NATHAN TIETLEBAUM
FLYING OFFICER DANIEL TITLEMAN
FLYING OFFICER LEON ABRAM TITOF
FLIGHT SERGEANT JACK TRITT
BOMBARDIER ALBERT TWEYMAN
FLYING OFFICER HENRY VANULAR
FLIGHT SERGEANT FURNEAU M. VAN GEUN
PRIVATE GORDON VINSKY
PILOT OFFICER HARRY URETZKY
PILOT OFFICER MOSES LEWIS USHER
SERGEANT MORLEY B. WACHNOW
ORDINARY SEAMAN BERNARD WEBBER
CAPTAIN IRVING PERCIVAL WEINGARTEN
PILOT OFFICER HERBERT STANLEY WEISS
PRIVATE FRANK WESHLER
CAPTAIN WILLIAM N. WINKLER
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN LOUIS WINKLER
SERGEANT PILOT THEODORE BENJAMIN WOLCH
FLIGHT SERGEANT HERBERT IRWIN WOLF
SAPPER F.S. WELLER
LANCE CORPORAL LONE WOLINSKY
FLYING OFFICER BENNY YELLIN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) PHILLIP F. YELLIN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) ISADOR NICHOLAS YUDELL
PRIVATE HYMAN YUFFE
PILOT OFFICER JOE ZAREIKEN
PILOT OFFICER SAMUEL ZAREIKEN
ABLE SEAMAN RALPH ZBARSKY
FLIGHT SERGEANT MAX ZEAVIN
FLIGHT SERGEANT SOLLY ZEHLACK
FLIGHT SERGEANT RUDOLF ZEIDEL
PILOT OFFICER ISAAC "BUCK" ZIERLER
PILOT OFFICER BERNARD ZIMRING
ABLE JACK ZIPORKIN
WARRANT OFFICER (CLASS II) MOSES ZUMAR

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This Memorial Was Dedicated In Memory Of Our Canadian Jewish War Dead, September 16, 1979.