Vernon & District Family History Society Lawrna Myers lsmyers@telus.net Date: Report to: Background: Objective: 06 December 2015 Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund Andrea Malysh, Program Manager 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. Locate historical information on each of the eleven men (Mile He¢imovié, Bernard Heiny, Ivan Jugo, Karl Johann Keck, Timoti Korejezuk, Leo Mueller, Stipan Sapina, Wasyl Shapka, Jure Vukorepa, Samuel Vulovié and Wilhelm Heinrich Eduard Wolter) who perished in the Vernon Internment Camp. Note: Spelling of names and locations contained within this report are as they appear on original documentation.