- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.66.4.1-119
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- May 1919
Soldiers returning home in May 1919 aboard the "Caronia"
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Soldiers returning home in May 1919 aboard the "Caronia"
Soldiers returning home in May 1919 aboard the "Caronia." Caption on back reads: "Coming home, May 1919, M.S.S. Coronia. Left: Cyall Money, Tall Cassalman. Row bottom, short center, maybe 'Emil LeCarre.'"
On guard at barracks at Queen and Courtland
Postcard. Caption on back reads: "On guard at Barrak on Courtland & 2 Queen." These were the barracks of the 118th Battalion.
Packing up battalion stores in July 1916 for their move from London to Camp Borden
Place of signing armistice - 1918
This is a photo of a small number of people viewing a monument at the side of a tree lined street. It is identified by Arthur Slagel as the place where the World War I armistice was signed in 1918.
118th Battalion men conducting trench training at Camp Borden
Gordon Eby in one of the 118th Battalion’s constructed trenches in Camp Borden
Privates relaxing near Bramshott
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: "Left to right: Pte. Allemang, Pte. Gingerich, Pte. Eby G., Pte. Bich J., Pte. Bich A. The brook on the footpath to the town of Haselmere. May 1917. Bramshott, Hamts. Eng."
Written on back of postcard: "71st Battalion, London, Ont. 1916. Pt Yongue not enough bacon."
Pte. Capling and Pte. Ivan Bowman
Caption on back: "Left to right: Pte. Capling, Pte Bowman Ivan. Ready for overseas a few days before they left. Bramshott, May 1917." Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Ivan Bowman, left and friend Capling, just before going over to France. Capling was wounded. Ivan Bowman returned to Kitchener and set up a collection agency after the war."
Written on back: "A pal, London 1915, Pte Wismer."
A postcard. Caption on back by Gordon Eby reads: "118th Battalion. Brown with pipe, 1916. Resting on long march." Photograph was probably taken by Gordon Eby on a "route march" near London in November, 1916, as described in his diary.The walk was about 17 miles with several 10 minute rests.
A Red Cross unit in Russia. This is probably the medical train unit with which Cornelius H. Tiessen served.
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"Say goodby to first Berlin troops" 1915?" at
"Say goodby to first Berlin troops" 1915?" at train station in Berlin, with H. Krug Furniture building in background. Laid in Gordon Eby wartime photo album created by Anne Millar.
Gordon C. Eby