Yearbook Update - 2020

Gunner Wallace Reece Brunt
On 20 August 1941  Gunner Wallace Brunt of the 85th Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade RCA drowned while on duty at Yorke Island. Thanks to the work of our Honorary Battery Commander, Ross Keller, in reviving the history of Gunner Brunt we made contact with a military collector in Denmark who had purchased the Memorial Cross presented to Gunner Brunt's wife. Ross has maintained contact with the collector and reached agreement that the collection was more fitting in the 15th Field Artillery Regiment Museum & Archives.  They have now arrived!

​The Vancouver Artillery Association would like to pass on our deep appreciation to Ross Keller for the manner in which he continues to focus on the history of Yorke Island and the Gunners that served there. In addition, we would also like to thank Paul Rochler, the Danish collector, for agreeing to part with these items. A thank you letter and regimental coin have been mailed to Denmark as a sign of our appreciation.