68th Depot Battery
Canadian Field Artillery
Canadian Field Artillery
Source: City of Vancouver Archives AM1535-: CVA 99-5292
17th Overseas Draft - 4th March 1918
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Front Row - 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
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Front Row - 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Source: City of Vancouver Archives AM1535-: CVA 99-5204
17th and 18th Overseas Drafts - 31st March 1918
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Front Row - 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, Pte Franco Donatelli. 102, 103, 104, 105
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Front Row - 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, Pte Franco Donatelli. 102, 103, 104, 105
Source: City of Vancouver Archives AM1535-: CVA 99-5177
19th Overseas Draft - 8 April 1918
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Front Row - 36, 37, 38, 39, 4041, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
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Front Row - 36, 37, 38, 39, 4041, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Source: City of Vancouver Archives AM1535-: CVA 99-606.2
19th Overseas Draft - 8 April 1918 (another view)
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Front Row - 36, 37, 38, 39, 4041, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Back Row - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Middle Row - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Front Row - 36, 37, 38, 39, 4041, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
Source: City of Vancouver Archives AM1535-: CVA 99-5377
20th Overseas Draft - 19 April 1918
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3rd Row - 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
2nd Row - 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Front Row - 54
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2nd Row - 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Front Row - 54
68TH DEPOT BATTERY C.F.A. C.E.F. FOOTBALL TEAM
Back Row (left to right) Bdr. T. Woodcock, Gnr. F. Wilson, Bdr J.D. Macdonald and Gnr. S. Douglas
Middle Row- Gnr. A.H. Henderson, Bdr. A.M.W. Ross (trainer), Gnr. H Nelson, Lieut. F.D. Mathews, Capt. H.E. Boorman (O.C. 68th Battery), Lieut. C.F. Loewen,Gnr. J.A. Sinclair, Sergt-Major M. Beards.
Front Row – Gnr. F.V. Delcourt, Gnr V.A. Bodman, Battery Sergt-Major C. Minter (captain), Gnr A. McNee and Gnr R. Buckle.
The 65th Battery of Vancouver, at the present time encamped at Petawawa, has a football team to be proud of. The soccer season at the camp has just been brought to a successful conclusion with the Vancouver boysthe head of the league, giving them the football championship of the camp. In the series just concluded, the 68th Battery team won twelve games, lost none and had one draw match. They secured 25 points, while only one was registered against them. Fourteen teams comprised the league, and the Battery boys are to be congratulated on their fine showing against the other teams in the league., for they are composed of some of the finest players in the Dominion.
Back Row (left to right) Bdr. T. Woodcock, Gnr. F. Wilson, Bdr J.D. Macdonald and Gnr. S. Douglas
Middle Row- Gnr. A.H. Henderson, Bdr. A.M.W. Ross (trainer), Gnr. H Nelson, Lieut. F.D. Mathews, Capt. H.E. Boorman (O.C. 68th Battery), Lieut. C.F. Loewen,Gnr. J.A. Sinclair, Sergt-Major M. Beards.
Front Row – Gnr. F.V. Delcourt, Gnr V.A. Bodman, Battery Sergt-Major C. Minter (captain), Gnr A. McNee and Gnr R. Buckle.
The 65th Battery of Vancouver, at the present time encamped at Petawawa, has a football team to be proud of. The soccer season at the camp has just been brought to a successful conclusion with the Vancouver boysthe head of the league, giving them the football championship of the camp. In the series just concluded, the 68th Battery team won twelve games, lost none and had one draw match. They secured 25 points, while only one was registered against them. Fourteen teams comprised the league, and the Battery boys are to be congratulated on their fine showing against the other teams in the league., for they are composed of some of the finest players in the Dominion.
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City of Vancouver Archives
The soldier is wearing non-artillery hat badge and collar dogs, But he does have a lanyard on and is standing in front of an 18 pounder. Vancouver Archives has the photo titled, "A man in uniform next to machinery. Is it a Gunner from 68th Depot Battery? |
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Vancouver Public Library Historical Photos
Artillery soldiers at Hastings Park |
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Obituaries
Gunner Bud Arthur Addson
Taken on strength in 68th Overseas Depot Battery as a Gunner on 7 May 1918, deceased 24 September 1918 in training accident in Petawawa, ON while training with the Ammunition Column Siberian Expeditionary Force, buried at Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver, BC.
Taken on strength in 68th Overseas Depot Battery as a Gunner on 7 May 1918, deceased 24 September 1918 in training accident in Petawawa, ON while training with the Ammunition Column Siberian Expeditionary Force, buried at Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver, BC.