Vernon Internee Headstones Monument Project Internee Report
Description
- Creator
- Lawrna Myers, Author
- Item Type
- Documents
- Description
- Canada’s first National Interment Operations occurred during World War I. Through the War Measures Act of 1914, adopted on August 22, 1914, Canada confined more than 8500 “enemy aliens” (nationals of Germany, Austria-Hungary and later Turkey and Bulgaria). These men, women and children were interred in twenty-four camps across Canada.
The Internment Camp opened in Vernon, British Columbia on September 18, 1914 and remained in continuous operation until February 20, 1920. During this time period eleven men lost their lives in the Vernon Camp. All eleven were originally interred in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Vernon. At present only seven men
remain interred in this cemetery. The remaining four of German origin and subsequently moved by the German War Graves Commission to the Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario in the early 1970’s. - Date of Original
- December 6, 2015
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- value: Mile+He%C4%87imovi%C4%87
value: Bernard+Heiny
value: Ivan+Jugo
value: Karl+Johann+Keck
value: Timoti+Korejczuk
value: Leo+Mueller
value: Stipan+%C5%A0apina
value: Wasyl+Shapka
value: Jure+Vukorepa
value: Samuel+Vulovi%C4%87
value: Wilhelm+Heinrich+Eduard+Wolter
Mile Hećimović ; Bernard Heiny ; Ivan Jugo ; Karl Johann Keck ; Timoti Korejczuk ; Leo Mueller ; Stipan Šapina ; Wasyl Shapka ; Jure Vukorepa ; Samuel Vulović ; Wilhelm Heinrich Eduard Wolter - Language
- English
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