Men of the 39th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- December 1915
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19971030002
- Physical Description
- 30 x 36 cm Black and white mounted photograph
- Scope and Content
- Men of the 39th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in front of the Board of Trade building in Galt Gardens, Lethbridge. Oscar Willets is the 3rd man from the left, in the second row.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- December 1915
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- A. Evlyn Smith
- Physical Description
- 30 x 36 cm Black and white mounted photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- This draft of 50 men left Lethbridge on 15 December 1915, and spent Christmas day 1915 on a ship sailing to England. Some of these men were fighting on the front lines by March 1916. Oscar Willetts returned to Lethbridge in April 1918.
- Acquisition Source
- Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch No. 4 324 Mayor Magrath Drive South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 3L7
- Custodial History
- This photograph belonged to Mrs. Oscar Willetts, who donated it to the Royal Canadian Legion, General Stewart Branch No. 4.
- Scope and Content
- Men of the 39th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in front of the Board of Trade building in Galt Gardens, Lethbridge. Oscar Willets is the 3rd man from the left, in the second row.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19971030002
- Collection
- Archive
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