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1998.064.001
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72nd BATTALION CEF, SH of C
72e BATAILLON CEF, SH de C
Original Officers of the 72nd Battalion CEF
Original Officers of the 72nd Battalion CEF. NOTE: This is not the original photo but it looks like the one in this newspaper clipping.
The Daily Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday June 20, 1919
"ORIGINAL OFFICERS OF THE FAMOUS 72ND BATTALION"
Back Row, Left to Right: Lieutenant R.T. Barry, later captain, killed Sept 27, as Staff Captain, 11th Brigade, awarded MC and bar; Lieutenant Gray: -----; Lieutenant Graham, wounded; Lieutenant C. Lumsden, wounded and prisoner of war, March 1917, now captain; Lieutenant Bruce MacDonald, wounded and now lieutenant RAF; Lieutenant A.P. Foster, now captain and quartermaster; Lieutenant R.T. Skelly, now captain; Lieutenant L.R. Husband, awarded MC; Lieutenant D. MacGillivary, Orderly Officer 7th Brigade.
Second Row: Lieutenant A.B. Fraser, killed, Somme; Lieutenant S.C. Sweeny, wounded, now major, Railway Troops; Lieutenant J.R. Smith, wounded, now captain, awarded the croix de guerre; Captain A.B. Jukes, now major, Intelligence Officer, Military District 11; Captain A.V. Wood, killed at Arras as a major, 1917, awarded MC; Lieutenant A.K. Colquhoun, killed March 1917, Lieutenant I.A. MacKenzie, now captain Railway Troops, Lieutenant E.A. Genoway; Captain J.A. Hamilton, now major, awarded MC and bar; Captain Rev. D. McPhail; Lieutenant A. Leighton, now captain 2nd Canadian Trench Mortar Battery; Lieutenant D.M. Christie, wounded.
Third Row (Sitting): Captain F.R. Glover, quartermaster; Captain H.K. Johnson, killed as major, March 1917; Major P. Gorst; Major A.D. Wilson, awarded DSO; Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Clark, wounded, now brigadier-general, awarded CMG, DSO and 2 bars; Major D.D. Young, Major J. Sweet, killed Vimy Ridge, 1917, Captain W.W. Herald, M.O., awarded MC; Captain J.B. Patullo, paymaster.
Front Row (Seated): Lieutenant O.T. Blair, killed November 1916, Lieutenant R.M. Dann, killed November 1916, Lieutenant J.F. Manley, killed Vimy Ridge, 1917; Lieutenant W.G. McIntosh, now major, awarded MC; Captain W.G. Marshall, now major.

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