Composite of eleven photographs
Photograph taken by J. A. Millar from an album depicting scenes of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier Camp, at Quebec, and at Gaspe Harbour immediately prior to sailing to Britain in 1914. Millar was a staff photographer of the Montreal Daily Star and produced the album in 1915. Titles of photos are largely captions from the newspaper articles within which they appeared. Composite photo's contents: 2. Artillery on the wharf waiting to be loaded; 3. The "Wooly Westerners" just before embarking; 4. Artillery men entrusting letters to their loved ones; 5. Gordon Ferris of Winnipeg and bear mascot; 6. Col. (W.) McBain; 7. Two of the 5th Royal Highlanders at the porthole; 8. Col. E.R. Carrington, head of the secret service men; 9. Lt. Col. Low in a sailor's role, clinging aboard a transport; 10. Artillery awaiting embarkation; 11. Col. David Watson bidding Col. Hughes good-bye; 12. Montreal soldiers marching aboard their boat (All Montreal Daily Star, p.8-9, 17 October 1914)
- In Collection:
- Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Valcartier, Québec)
- War photography
- Soldiers
- Transports
- Canada. Canadian Army
- Artillery drill and tactics
- World War (1914-1918)
- Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Military training camps
- Armed Forces--Artillery
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Field Artillery
- 1 black and white photograph
- World War One Photographs by J. A. Millar
- Accession Number: 1999-033; Series: Photo Albums; Subseries: 3; Item: 2.1 (Oversize)
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/william-okell-holden-dodds-fonds
- February 23, 2012
- 600 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
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