Large group of forestry service men at the Anodol Camp in Russia
- CA MHC PP-14-Photo 088-150.0
- Item
- 1911
Part of Peter J. Dyck (1878-1947) and John P. Dyck (1901-1990) family fonds
This photo is a formal group picture of 33 uniformed men arranged in 4 straight rows, set up in front of a building. The fifth person in the second row is a corporal (seen by the white stripes on his collar). Row 3: Franz Toews is the fourth person; Jacob Hoemsen is the 6th person (counting l-r). Jacob Hoemsen served at this camp as well as in the Russo-Japanese war and the First World War. He wrote and published his experience in Der Bote. He lived in Alexander, Manitoba.