- 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"
Belgian family in Ham-sur-Sambre
Four photographs of a Belgian family Gordon Eby billeted with in Ham-sur-Sambre in January 1919. The three-year-old boy is identified as Joseph, who lives with his mother Amelia and grandmother.
Belgian girls in Ham-sur-Sambre
Two Belgian girls, probably in Ham-sur-Sambre where Gordon Eby was billeted in January 1919.
Caption on back: "Julia La Bau, Ham sur Sambre, Belgium, Jan to Apr 1919." Gordon Eby met her while billeted in Ham-sur-Sambre.
Soldiers waiting to go to England
Caption by Anne Eby Millar: "Soldiers waiting at a railway station in France to go back to England"
Shrine on the road to Wolperath
A soldier, possibly Gordon Eby, stands beside a shrine near the village of Wolperath, Germany.
Caption on back by Gordon Eby: "Friends and relatives to see the boys of Kitchener leave for overseas, 1915." A family group stands on the platform of the train station at Berlin, Ontario.
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."
Breaking camp to move to Camp Borden
Soldiers breaking camp to move to Camp Borden
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
118th Battalion soldiers standing outside their tent
118th Battalion soup kitchen on maneuvers outside of Kitchener (Berlin).
Tents being dismantled, possibly at the military camp in London, Ontario or at Camp Borden.
Soldiers waiting for embarkation to or from Milford
Soldiers embarking for or from Milford. Sign reads "Milford for Witley Camp." In his diary, Gordon Eby mentions leaving from Milford in May 1919 to begin his journey home by ship.
Two women visiting the 118th Battalion camp.