Gordon Eby with parents and sister
Gordon Eby with his parents at a family gathering to wish him well after he joined the overseas battalion. Left to right: Isabella Eby (sister), Catherine (Clemens) Eby, Gordon Christian Eby and Christian Eby
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Gordon Eby in one of the 118th Battalion’s constructed trenches in Camp Borden
Gordon Eby and George Wray worked in the canteen together.
Gordon Eby, George Wray, Charles Atkins
Caption on back of photograph: "This snap was taken at Bramshott camp, April 1917. George Wray was here to visit me at that time." Left to right: Gordon Eby, George Wray, Charles Atkins.
Gordon Eby after returning home
Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Ready to hang up his helmet, Gordon relaxes in the garden seat he made for his father."
Gathering of relatives and friends of Gordon Eby
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "In September, 1915 relatives and friends gathered to wish Gordon well after he joined the overseas battalion. They presented him with a watch."
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Gordon Eby with nurse at Victoria Hospital
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "In order to be accepted for overseas duty Gordon had to have surgery for hernia at Victoria Hospital, London. He made many friends and took pictures of the nurses and fellow patients." The nurse's last name is possibly Simpson.
Gordon Eby posing in the 118th Battalion’s camp at Camp Borden
Gordon Eby family with eldest son in uniform
Written on back of photograph: "Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Eby, 409 Mill St. Family group taken Sept 20/42. Annie (20), Ruth (19), Gordon (flyer, 18), Ward (16), Foster (11), Loella (6), Gary (2)." Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "In April, 1943 his oldest son Gordon was sent overseas with the Canadian Air Force in the Second World War."
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Gordon Christian Eby: taken in Aberdeen, Scotland in November, 1918, this pensive pose shows a young man who has seen the horrors of war."
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Gordon C. Eby as a young child
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Soldiers Gordon Eby and George Wray with Christian Eby
Gordon Eby with George Wray receiving Gordon’s father, Christian, who is visiting the 118th Battalion camp in Borden
Gordon Eby in the garden of an English estate
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "From January 1917 until September, Gordon Eby and his comrades stayed in England. Eby went sightseeing, enjoyed the countryside and the flowers, taking numerous pictures." Written on back: "#126368 Pte. Gordon C. Eby. no.2 coy 25th Res. Bn. Bramshott Hants. Eng. Here you will notice me admiring the grounds of an English estate. June 1917."
Gordon Eby after returning home
Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Back at home again in his gardens and orchard."
Gordon and Elsie Eby with children
Gordon and Elsie Eby at their home with three of their children. The children are probably the three oldest, Anne, Ruth and Gordon.