72nd Regiment church parade at Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC, prior to going to the 72nd Battalion, CEF. Chaplain, The Rev. Principal [John] MacKay (sic MacKie/McKay), Major John Arthur Clark and Major Robert Mills Blair. The Seaforth Military (brass) Band is on the right dressed in trews. The Maxim Gun is on parade in the rear. NOTE: This church parade may also have taken place at the 72nd Battalion's formation at or/near 10 July 1915. From the Regimental History: "The final move was made on Sunday, April 16th, 1916. Before marching off from the Park a church service was held; Captain the Rev. John Mackay, D.D., the chaplain of the 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, officiating.The day was fine and a very large crowd, estimated at 30,000, gathered to see the Highlanders off on the first lap of their journey to the battlefields of Europe." The 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, CEF: Lieut.-Colonel (Brigadier-General) J. A. Clark, company commander and Commanding Officer of 72nd Regiment, in command. This unit fought in France from August, 1916, to end of War as a Battalion of 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division 35 officers and 1,100 Other Ranks. Source: History of the 16th Battalion, CEF, page 365