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219th Overseas Highland Battalion

 

Photos and Photo Postcards - First World War - Canada - 1916

 

Photo Postcard

This section contains one posed group photo of the Barrington Detachment, 219th Overseas Highland Battalion, early 1916.

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Barrington Detachment

219th Overseas Highland Battalion

Early 1916

The photo was taken in Nova Scotia before the battalion went overseas in October, 1916. Barrington is a small community located in western Shelburne County, NS. 

Front Row, left to Right:
1.  282765 Wilfred Laurier Malone
2.  282764 Claude McDonald Nickerson
3.  282752 Arnold Grey Lent
4.  282757 George Basil Goodwin
5.  282758 Fank Leonard Pike
6.  Lieut. Wishart McLea Robertson
7.  Roy Wentzell
8.  282768 Ralph Russell Nickerson
9.  283437 Albert Christie
10.  282749 Albert Cleverson Watt
11.  282761 Herbert George Kendrick

Middle Row, left to Right:
1.  282741 Albert Edgar Lamrock
2.  283331 Albert Millage Atkinson
3.  Willia
4.  Weaver
5.  283500 John Avery Swaine
6.  282751 Charles Emmerson Garron
7.  282754 Donald Burton Mullen
8.  283438 Edward Gagnon
9.  Ave Thibault
10.  282753 Chester William Stevens
11.  282745 Irvine Donald Shand
12.  282763 John Sears McNeil

Back Row, left to Right:
1.  283232 Wallace Douglas Lamrock
2.  283329 Wilbert Olenzo Swaine
3.  282742 Lloyd James Wilson
4.  282842 "Coley" James Hervey Stoddart
5.  282759 William Staines Moye
6.  282290 "Doc" Jamed Lewis Hall
7.  283233 Harold Churchill Cunningham
8.  282740 Alexander Pictou
9.  283330 Preston Ferris Powers
10.  282757 Aubrey Purdy

The above names and service numbers were taken from another copy of the photo that had the names written on the back.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  0-4 (8-5-2.3)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo postcard
Source:  Robert MacLellan Collection
 


Reverse of the Above Postcard
 

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