Father R.A. MacDonell, Chaplain of the 72nd Canadian Battalion talking to a Canadian soldier (believed to be from the 75th Battalion) up the line, April, 1918. In the Nissan hut there is a trunk which has "C-- A. Gray, 75th Canadians" on it. The tunic hanging up underneath the window has "C/75" collar dogs on it. 72nd Battalion History (April 1918): April 4, 1918 - Battalion relieved by 47th Battalion and moved back to Wakefield Camp, north of Arras. April 7, 1918 - Great German attack in Valley of Lys opened. April 9, 1918 - Dinner given by the Battallon officers at the Ecurie Club, at which were present Lieut.-Gen. Sir A. W. Currie, Major-Gen. D. Watson, Brig.-Gen. MacBrien, etc., 90 in all. AprIl 10, 1918 - Battalion moved into support in the Bailleul sector, relieving the 75th Battalion [with others]. A page from the 75th Bn War diary from 10-14 April 1918 is attached. April 28, 1918 - Battalion relieved by 78th and moved back to Brigade Reserve at Hill's Camp, Neuville St. Vaast. This chaplain appears to be the replacement for Captain Reverend Donald MacPhail who was missing presumed dead when the HMHS Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a U-Boat on 27 June, 1918. HMHS Llandovery Castle was one of five Canadian hospital ships that served in the First World War. On a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England, the ship was torpedoed off southern Ireland on 27 June 1918. Twenty-four people survived the sinking, while 234 doctors, nurses and patients were killed in the attack. In terms of the number of dead, the sinking was the most significant Canadian naval disaster of the war.The incident became renowned internationally as one of the war’s worst atrocities. After the war, the case of the Llandovery Castle was one of six British cases presented at the Leipzig trials. The 75th Battalion (Mississauga), CEF was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 March 1916. It disembarked in France on 12 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.