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Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Ready to hang up his helmet, Gordon relaxes in the garden seat he made for his father."

Gordon Eby with his mother Catharine in the Eby family greenhouse. Gordon is in military uniform.

Gordon Eby and George Wray worked in the canteen together.

Gordon Eby with Willa and Murray Snetsinger. Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "October 31st was the date that Gordon met the Snetsinger girls. He was in Victoria Hospital, London and they came to the hospital to visit the soldiers. Murray was a schoolteacher and Willa was living at home with her mother and brother. These girls liked to dress in military style clothes and title themselves 'Major.'"

Gordon Eby on the ward at the Victoria Hospital in London with two nurses where he received surgery on his hernia. Probably Ward 3.

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: "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 posing in the 118th Battalion’s camp at Camp Borden

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 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

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.

Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Gordon discovered and developed a seedling apple during the years that he was raising a family."

Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "Gordon discovered and developed a seedling apple during the years that he was raising a family."

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: "Harry Lauder the great commedian entertaining the boys at Bramshott, May 1917."

A postcard (No. 15) showing hospital tents at Camp Borden