Veteran’s Centennial Park and Cenotaph,
Kenaston, Saskatchewan.
Kenaston is a village in Saskatchewan, the seat of the rural municipality of McCraney No. 282. The Kenaston post office was established on January 1, 1906, whereas the previous name was Bonnington, provisional district of Assinboia, North West Territories and this post office was formed October 1, 1904. Kenaston is located on Highway 11 or Louis Riel Trail at the junction of Highway 15 and is also near Highway 19. This is a scenic area of Saskatchewan situated within the rolling Allan Hills geographical feature. Kenaston is located between Danielson and Blackstrap provincial parks. The village population according to the municipality and 2006 census was 259 persons.
This memorial is erected
as a permanent tribute to
Our Departed Comrades
Kenaston Branch NO. 240
Royal Canadian Legion
1961
| Lest We Forget | |
| Pte. Lowdermilk Austin | 22,12,44 |
| L. Cpl. Wicken Ewart | 18,11,16 |
| W.O. Westman Robert | 29,4,43 |
| L. Sgt. Hamilton James D. | 23,7,43 |
| L. Sgt. Jarvis Ralph | 25,6,43 |
| Pte. Pavelich Anthony | 3,2,44 |
| Pte. Wallis Peter | 20,2,44 |
| L. Cpl. Sekulich Frank | 5,4,44 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Kenaston, Saskatchewan – Our Home and Ommunity Page
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Private Lois R. Howard
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Private Jesse W. Howells
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Corporal Harold R. LINDSAY
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Private Albert P. MARTIN
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Signalman Lawrence E. SINNETT
Last Post Death Notice Legion Magazine Private Jacob J. Taylor
Local History Book Source:
Kith ‘n Kin : the History of Kenaston and District
Kenaston (Author) Hardcover
Publisher: History Committee (1980)
ASIN: B005AKESYE
The Kenaston Legion – Branch NO. 240
Picture Legion Hall once Blue Hill School
Picture: Kenaston Cenotaph in the Kenaston Park.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Kenaston Legion NO. 240
Lest We Forget – Honour Roll World War I and II
We are looking for a photograph of Frank Sekulich, who died on april 4th, 1945 in Almen, The Netherlands.
He is buried at the Canadian War Cemetry in Holten, The Netherlands.
Hope to hear from you,
HI there
I looked at the online book regarding the local history of Kenaston, Saskatchewan, and found reference to the Sekulich, though no photo. I will keep looking. I have an idea of another book to try to look in to see if there is any success next I am at the library. At the following link, the book is searchable online, and you can type in Sekulich and see what comes up.
http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=4852&%3BqryID=b299c702-821c-4bcf-bfc7-197c06525cf4&%3Blang=fr-CA
Kind Regards
Julia Adamson
Hi there
It has been a pleasure talking with you Noudi Spönhoff via email and I am very glad that Frank Sekulich’s niece, Bev George, was able to find a photograph of Frank Sekulich for the Netherlands magazine! What a tribute expressed in the magazine article which you wrote to the war effort, the Canadian troops who served, and Frank Sekulich who gave the supreme sacrifice. Thank you so much for your email, indeed, and it will be wonderful to follow up further with you, update the SVWM, meet other contacts here, and also be introduced to the historian Jan Braakman and his books Verhalen van het Slagveld, The War in the Corner, and website wp.me/p7w2ZL-1Y
Thank you again
Kind Regards
Julia Adamson
This is a google translation of Jan Braakman’s article about Frank Sekulich as follows
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwp.janbraakman.nl%2F%3Fp%3D122
The original article is written in Dutch.
http://wp.janbraakman.nl/?p=122
Kind Regards
Julia