Foresting duties at Camp Borden
- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.66.4.1-065
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118th Battalion men performing foresting duties with a team of horses at Camp Borden
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Foresting duties at Camp Borden
118th Battalion men performing foresting duties with a team of horses at Camp Borden
Gordon Eby with his mother Catharine in the Eby family greenhouse. Gordon is in military uniform.
Boys returning from war at city hall
The city of Berlin (Kitchener) welcomes returning boys (Ed Wackel, George Kropf, Bill Mitchell) from the First World War. Written on photograph: "Denton Photo. 52 King W., Berlin. Portrait. Rooms."
Denton, Ernest
Written on back of postcard: "71st Battalion, London, Ont. 1916. Pt Yongue not enough bacon."
Packing up battalion stores in July 1916 for their move from London to Camp Borden
Breaking camp to move to Camp Borden
Sunday morning at Camp Borden station
Postcard entitled "Sunday morning at Camp Borden"
Medical doctors of the 118th Battalion
Gordon Eby in one of the 118th Battalion’s constructed trenches in Camp Borden
Men of the 118th Battalion eating dinner at Camp Borden
Soldiers of the 118th Battalion posing ironically
Soldiers of the 118th Battalion posing ironically. One is wearing a German helmet, others in cowboy hats
Two 118th Battalion signallers stand outside a tent
Gordon Eby and George Wray worked in the canteen together.
The year "1916" is written on reverse, but may by 1917, in England.
Children bringing Easter gifts to the battalion
Caption in album by Anne Eby Millar: "In April 1916 the 118th Battalion was stationed on Courtland Ave., Kitchener. Local schoolchildren marched to their headquarters to bring them Easter eggs. Always fond of children, Gordon took this opportunity to get some pictures."