Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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− | Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. | + | Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. 6:35 at Revelstoke about 2 feet snow. Our platoon taken for a run thru Town. Guards at both ends of every bridge and tunnel throughout BC. At Glacier Station about 5.4 feet of snow. |
Call. Navy | Call. Navy | ||
Atten J.A | Atten J.A | ||
Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff | Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff | ||
+ | Note- up to Jne | ||
+ | Sgt. Maj. Hammond - Wrrd. My 20- Shot three thig | ||
+ | Hastingo Sig. - Comn - Killed | ||
+ | Moncuer T.lats- Wrrd, Tuesday 16 [47-318] Shrove Tuesday Died Jan 1921 | ||
+ | Collison Wrrd | ||
+ | Both comme | ||
+ | Butler "Buckskirr" | ||
+ | Capt Heavy artillery | ||
+ | Lee-Cor. Little | ||
+ | corp- lost eye lost, use arm Jne 13/16 | ||
+ | 77359 Hobbs | ||
+ | 77863 Maynard EH in hospital | ||
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+ | Tuesday Feb 16th | ||
+ | Near medicine hot in the morning - Very little snow on the Prairies. No enthusiasm at the etation - Nothing but sullen foreign faces | ||
+ | No guards along the line | ||
+ | Juas needs orderly all day, all of us for our car - all food carried from the dinner new cars to (illegible word) | ||
+ | Wednesday 17 [48-317] | ||
+ | No | ||
+ | Wed Feb. 17th | ||
+ | Arrive at Winnipeg in the morning | ||
+ | -Winnipeg troops having left the day before- Got the Findlays on the phone + James gets down in time to see me. JTop over an (illegible word) , but not allowed out of the etation. At dark reach Fort William and are met by a large crowd = band - Taken for a march. Through town. Shake hands with half the girls in town. All Sudbury out to see us. | ||
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+ | BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS | ||
+ | Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1915. | ||
+ | Volume 4 |
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Troop Train across Canada 14th, New Moon 4:31 a.m. FEBRUARY Sunday 14 Shrove Sunday 1st 28 casualties out of 52 men Monday 15 Monday 15th Feb Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. 6:35 at Revelstoke about 2 feet snow. Our platoon taken for a run thru Town. Guards at both ends of every bridge and tunnel throughout BC. At Glacier Station about 5.4 feet of snow.
Call. Navy Atten J.A Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff Note- up to Jne Sgt. Maj. Hammond - Wrrd. My 20- Shot three thig Hastingo Sig. - Comn - Killed Moncuer T.lats- Wrrd, Tuesday 16 [47-318] Shrove Tuesday Died Jan 1921 Collison Wrrd Both comme Butler "Buckskirr" Capt Heavy artillery Lee-Cor. Little corp- lost eye lost, use arm Jne 13/16 77359 Hobbs 77863 Maynard EH in hospital
Tuesday Feb 16th Near medicine hot in the morning - Very little snow on the Prairies. No enthusiasm at the etation - Nothing but sullen foreign faces No guards along the line Juas needs orderly all day, all of us for our car - all food carried from the dinner new cars to (illegible word) Wednesday 17 [48-317] No Wed Feb. 17th Arrive at Winnipeg in the morning -Winnipeg troops having left the day before- Got the Findlays on the phone + James gets down in time to see me. JTop over an (illegible word) , but not allowed out of the etation. At dark reach Fort William and are met by a large crowd = band - Taken for a march. Through town. Shake hands with half the girls in town. All Sudbury out to see us.
BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1915. Volume 4