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2015.001.080
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72nd SEAFORTH HLDRS OF CANADA DEPOT, 1914 - 1919
72e DÉPÔT DES HÔTELS DE LA MER DU CANADA, 1914-1919
No. 1 Company (72nd Seaforth) 1st Depot Battalion, Vancouver, BC, 1917
72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Tug-o-War team, 1912
No. 1 Company (72nd Seaforth) 1st Depot Battalion, Hastings Park, Vancouver, BC, 1917. The Seaforth soldiers have an eagle feather in their bonnets. The NCOs and officers (except Major Tupper) have what appears to be sealskin (or fur) sporrans.
Same persons as in Photo 2015.001.079.
The 1st Depot Battalion, B.C. Regiment provided drafts to the 1st Reserve Battalion, which reinforced the 72nd Battalion, CEF.
Major Reginald H. Tupper was the Officer Commanding for the1st Depot Battalion, B.C. Regiment, CEF. Tupper was an original 72nd Regiment officer and then he went to the 16th Battalion CEF as the Machine Gun Officer. He was wounded and evacuated to England in April, 1915. He was invalided to Canada in November 1915. He was promoted Major and assumed command of 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, [the home unit] in 1916. Major Tupper was appointed second in Command 1st Depot Battalion, Vancouver 1917.
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