The Bank Staff
Members of the staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in the 59th Overseas Battery. 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery - Winnipeg - May 1916
L to R Back Row: John Joseph McEachern, Alexander McLennan, Albert Basil Wilberforce Tanner, Lorne Corneil McCallum.
L to R Front Row: Donald James Moorman, Bertram Howard Cox, Andrew Rutherford Hewat, Bill Baillie
L to R Back Row: John Joseph McEachern, Alexander McLennan, Albert Basil Wilberforce Tanner, Lorne Corneil McCallum.
L to R Front Row: Donald James Moorman, Bertram Howard Cox, Andrew Rutherford Hewat, Bill Baillie
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Gunner John Joseph McEachern, regimental #327975; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
He died due to injuries received in a training accident in England. On 22 March 1917, while getting on a limber, his foot slipped and caught causing a fractured left tibia. He was admitted to Bramshott Military Hospital and on 23 March his condition was good. At 11:00 p.m. that evening, he was found unconscious and died the following morning at 3 a.m. Temperature 105.4, death attributed to an embolism. Gunner McEachern is interred at Witley (Milford) Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom.    |
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Driver Edgar Alexander McLennan, regimental #327967. Had previous service with 10th Company Field Ambulance before enlisting with the 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He attended signalling school and was transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
He was killed in action 14 September 1917 while repairing breaks in the lines from the gun line to the observation posts. He is interred at Villers Station Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was 20 years old. |
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Gunner Albert Basil Wilberforce Tanner, regimental #327953; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 61st Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Gunner Tanner survived the war married the daughter of Lieut. Colonel Seaborn, Author Of The March Of Medicine and passed away in Mission, BC in 1967.
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Bombardier Lorne Corneil MacCallum, regimental #327972; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Bombardier MacCallum survived the war and married Beatrice Helen Phillips in 1922. He served as best man at Bombardier Cox's wedding. He passed away in 1984 and is buried in Stratford, ON. His brother, Earle Carman was also a clerk at the bank. Earle served with the 78th (Manitoba) Battalion and died at Ypres in 1917.
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Lieutenant Donald James Moorman, regimental #327972; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery before enlisting in the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. Lieutenant Moorman survived the war and married Margaret Rowand Gagnon in 1921. His military record is somewhat sketchy as the Canadian military records cease on his transfer to the Royal Flying Corps and the British file only records his enrolment as a Fight Cadet while his marriage announcement has him as a Lieutenant. In 1950, the Ottawa Journal mentions his award of the Distinguished Service Order but that could not be confirmed through any other source.
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Bombardier Bertram Howard Cox, regimental #327964; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Bombardier Cox survived the war and married Carrie Davenport in 1921. He emigrated to the United States, worked in Detroit Michigan for the Buick Motor Company and later as a buyer for the Hall Steel Company of Flint, Michigan. Bertram Cox became a US citizen around 1935. He was born in Barbados and spent time after retirement revisiting the island and also travelling to Europe. Bombardier Cox passed away in May of 1981 and is interred with his wife in Pine Tree Cemetery, Corunna, Michigan. See more here...
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Gunner Andrew Rutherford Hewat, regimental #327924; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He was charged with being absent without leave after 6 months in the military and was again charged with being absent the month before his discharge. Gunner Hewat survived the war but was invalided home early due to complications with a goitre operation. He married Elizabeth Mundell in 1923 and seems to have spent the remainder of his life in Wellington County. He passed away in November of 1974 and is interred in the Rockwood Cemetery.
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Bombardier Graham Campbell Blair Baillie, regimental #327925; enrolled as a Gunner in 59th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery and was later transferred to 60th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He had previous experience as a member of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion Volunteers 1906 -1907 and the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada 1910-1911. Bombardier Baillie survived the war but in his final days of service was hospitalized for exhaustion. He married Mary Smith McNaught in 1920. He passed away in Vancouver in 1961 and is interred in the Pacific Heritage Cemetery.
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