Shnier, C. C., P/O - J17452 Pilot Officer ( no 97 Pathfinder Squadron RAF pilot) Clifford Charles Shnier of Winnipeg, Manitoba was KIA 1943 0730 (age 26) and is buried in Becklingen war cemetery southeast of Soltau, Germany. Shnier's Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Hamburg. Shnier was Jewish and had two sisters living in Regina who were members of the same synagogue as Abe Beredkin, controller of surveys. Correspondence on file at the GNB indicates that Bereskin tried to get Manitoba to move on naming something for Shnier, with out success, and eventually pushed through this name just before he retired in 1968.
Geo-memorial: Shnier Island in Doupe Bay on Jan Lake (SK). Manitoba finally named Shnier Lake east of Buckland Lake (MB) in 1995
Geo-memorial: Shnier Island in Doupe Bay on Jan Lake (SK). Manitoba finally named Shnier Lake east of Buckland Lake (MB) in 1995
Shnier, C. C., P/O - J17452 Pilot Officer ( no 97 Pathfinder Squadron RAF pilot) Clifford Charles Shnier of Winnipeg, Manitoba was KIA 1943 0730 (age 26) and is buried in Becklingen war cemetery southeast of Soltau, Germany. Shnier's Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Hamburg. Shnier was Jewish and had two sisters living in Regina who were members of the same synagogue as Abe Beredkin, controller of surveys. Correspondence on file at the GNB indicates that Bereskin tried to get Manitoba to move on naming something for Shnier, with out success, and eventually pushed through this name just before he retired in 1968.
Geo-memorial: Shnier Island in Doupe Bay on Jan Lake (SK). Manitoba finally named Shnier Lake east of Buckland Lake (MB) in 1995
Geo-memorial: Shnier Island in Doupe Bay on Jan Lake (SK). Manitoba finally named Shnier Lake east of Buckland Lake (MB) in 1995
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