A commissioning scroll for Joseph B. Clearihue. The certificate appoints Clearihue the commission of lieutenant of the 5th (British Columbia) Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery, on November 5, 1914. It was issued by the Governor General and signed by Sir Samuel Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, on June 8, 1915, in the sixth year of the reign of King George V. The signature of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Governor General of Canada, or a stamp bearing his signature, is visible in the top left corner. Biography: Joseph Badenoch Clearihue was born in Victoria and attended Boys' Central School and Victoria High School before enrolling at Victoria College (graduated in 1903), McGill University and Oxford University. He enjoyed a long career as a student, a soldier in the Fifth Canadian Field Artillery Unit in World War I, a Liberal MLA and Victoria alderman, and as a lawyer before being appointed a county court judge in 1952. He was Chair of the Victoria College Council (1947-63), and guided the College to university status. In January 1962, Clearihue turned the first sod at the construction site of the Clearihue Building, which was the first building on the Gordon head campus. Clearihue was also the first Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and Chair of the Board of Governors (1963-66).

In Collection:

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Subject

• Hughes, Samuel, Sir, 1853-1921
• Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942
• George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
• Canada. Canadian Army
• Clearihue, J. B. (Joseph Badenoch), 1887-1976
• World War (1914-1918)

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1915

Resource type

• Still Image
• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victoria to Vimy First World War Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• certificates
• military records

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1978-027

Fonds title

• Joseph Clearihue fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR032

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/joseph-badenoch-clearihue-fonds

Technical note

• Metadata by M. Parker. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/mgv9-af89

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