Mennonite Archival Information Database

Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3
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1941-1944

The album consists of photographs taken or collected by Hunsberger during his time in Alternative Service.

Hunsberger, Wilson A., 1919-2008

Wilson Hunsberger

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-1
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[between 1942 and 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Cutting fir trees

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-10
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Alternative Service workers cutting fir trees to build a road.

Alternative Service workers building a road

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-11
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Alternative Service workers, staff and officials

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-12
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

A group photograph of Alternative Service workers, camp personnel and officials . Hunsberger has identified the following. In the front row (left to right): Pete Kinakin (Bulwark, Alberta); Lyle Rozander (Vancouver), Fred Dean (Kitchener now Calgary), Mr. Henley (Vancouver), Mr. Westman (Chief of Alternative Service, Ottawa), Bill Mudge (foreman of Camp C3), Mr. Hodgins (British Columbia Forest Service, Victoria). Middle row (left to right): Frank Redford (McBride, British Columbia), Norm Klassen (Linden, Alberta), Wilson Hunsberger (Waterloo, Ontario), Bill Neufeld (Abbotsford, British Columbia), Robert Philip (Chatham, Ontario), Elmer G. Martin (Floradale, Ontario), George Warnock (Vancouver), Henry Klassen (Vauxhall, Alberta), Herbert Jennings (Tillsonburg, Ontario), Don Welshman (London, Ontario), ?. Back row (left to right): Walter Keffer (New Dundee, Ontario), Dave Templeton, ?, Claude Klassen (Linden, Alberta), David Neufeld (Abbotsford), Jake Friesen (Kitchener), Ben Barg (Vineland area), Nick Rempel (Vineland, Ontario), Colin Winston (Vancouver), Robert Welshman (London, Ontario), Charles Deighton (Victoria), Ben Barkman (Linden, Alberta).

Bill Mudge, Koksilah camp foreman

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-13
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

First three huts at Koksilah camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-14
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Old kitchen at Koksilah camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-15
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Mal Petersen, Koksilah office clerk

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-16
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Caption in album reads: "Mal. Petersen, office clerk." He is standing in the door to the office. A.J. Klassen's <i>Alternative Service for Peace</i> lists a Mel Peterson at Koksilah.

Koksilah River near the Alternative Service camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-17
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Harold Ashley and Mrs. Ashley

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3-18
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[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

Location is possibly British Columbia. A.J. Klassen's Alternative Service for Peace lists a Harold Ashley from Toronto, Ontario. The photo appears to be a wedding picture. A list in the Mennonite Archives of Ontario indicates he was a Christadelphian from Longbranch, Ontario.