Advanced Search
Analytics

Page 29

Downloadable Content

Download image

File Details

Depositor
Karen Dykes
Date Uploaded
Date Modified
2022-03-09
Fixity Check
passed on July 28, 2024 at 05:35
Characterization
Height: 4380
Width: 5340
File Format: tiff (Tagged Image File Format)
File Size: 70194640
Filename: 167_2000-030_ScrpBk_029.tif
Last Modified: 2025-05-15T03:15:54.286Z
Original Checksum: cf1e600f2598f23dbfe7fdbf83648437
Mime Type: image/tiff

Page contains 3 news clippings depicting: photographs of a mother, Mrs. McColl, and her 5 soldier-sons (3 killed at the Front); the report of a soldier, Alexander G. Fraser, killed in action; and an announcement of the promotion of Major Jim McQuaig.

Date created Transcript
  • [start clipping] Mrs. McColl 1 photograph Mother of the boys, to whom Ottawa extends reverential sympathy. Lieut. Lyman McColl 1 photograph Killed in action on Friday, Sept. 15, "somewhere in France." Lieut. Douglas C. McColl 1 photograph Killed in the battle of St. Julien, April 22, 1915. Alex E. McColl 1 photograph South African veteran, who would go but is incapacitated. PTE. Mac. B. McColl 1 photograph In training with the 175th Battalion at Calgary, Alberta. Lieut. Edmund McColl 1 photograph Died of wounds at Etaples, France, on the 15th of June, 1916. [end clipping] [start clipping] Bright Young Ottawa Man Falls In Battle. 1 photograph Lieut. Alexander Gordon Fraser, who has been reported killed in action, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. A. Fraser, of Ottawa, and was one of the city's best known young men. He was associated with the Fraser, Bryson Lumber Company. The late Lieut. Fraser was an active member of the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. He was the champion of the club in 1913, and took part in the Canadian championship at Toronto two years ago. He was a member of the Rideau Club and Victoria Yacht Club. News of the death of Lt. Fraser caused profound regret. [end clipping] [start clipping] PRESENTATION TO MAJOR McQUAIG --- Major Jim McQuaig, formerly of the 270th Battalion, has been appointed second in command of a Forestry battalion in Montreal. The officers of the 207th presented him with a wrist watch, which was accompanied by a short address by Col. MacLean, to which Major McQuaig made an appropriate reply. Major Jim McQuaig made a presentation to Lieut. Stalker of a shield for having the best marching platoon in the battalion. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught picked Lt. Stalker's platoon at a recent inspection. [end clipping] October 15 - 1916. [annotation in ink]
Permalink
User Activity Date